A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 38-year period of martial law in Taiwan.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Rusted structures stand like ghosts of Cyprus' 6,000-year-old copper industry.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

Ancient stone dildos and other odd pieces of medical history are displayed at this quirky Cyprus gem.

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.