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Green Island, Taiwan

Green Island Human Rights Culture Park

A memorial to the thousands of political dissidents imprisoned during the 40-year period of martial law in Taiwan.
Shin Yu Pai Added by Shin Yu Pai
Taipei City, Taiwan

Rixing Type Foundry

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.
jfrank Added by jfrank
Taichung City, Taiwan

Painted Animation Lane

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.
Barry Winata Added by Barry Winata
Tainan City, Taiwan

Grand Matsu Temple

Only through deep darkness and tragedy did this elaborate royal palace become a sacred temple.
Added by solivier
Tainan City, Taiwan

Anping Tree House

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

Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Taichung City, Taiwan

Carton King Creative Park

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

The High Heel Church

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.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

The Dome of Light

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.
Morgan Randall Added by Morgan Randall
Taipei City, Taiwan

Leaning Mailboxes

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.
jfrank Added by jfrank
Taipei City, Taiwan

Bei Tou Incinerator

Waste incinerator with a restaurant on its chimney.
Ren’ai District, Taiwan

100-Year Bomb Shelter

A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.
Added by jonesx
New Taipei City, Taiwan

Houtong Cat Village

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.
Added by whtntng
New Taipei City, Taiwan

Wanli UFO Village

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

Abandoned Mitsero Mines

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

Salt & Pepper Museum

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

The Donkeys of Dipkarpaz National Park

The animals wander freely amid this gorgeous stretch of nature.
Nicosia, Cyprus

Phaneromenis 70

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.
rbutton Added by rbutton
Nicosia, Cyprus

Cyprus Buffer Zone

This no man's land slicing through the island is strewn with abandoned relics of another time.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Cyprus

Cyprus Railways Museum

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.
Benjorama Added by Benjorama
Larnaca, Cyprus

Kyriazis Medical Museum

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

Foinikas

A crumbling ghost town with prime views of the dam that doomed it.
petrosmonogios Added by petrosmonogios
Akrotiri, Cyprus

Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Cats

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

Panagia tu Araka

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