4. Taiwan’s Anping Tree House
Where: Taiwan’s Tainan City
Time period: 1800s
Cost: $1.45 for each visitation ticket.
The Earth is gradually reclaiming this monument to Western colonialism. A trade business called British Tait & Co. in England constructed the Anping Tree House in the 1800s. That’s evident in the architecture, which is built in the colonial style and is almost discernible due to the overgrowth of trees, plants, and roots.
Taiwan’s Anping Tree House ©Image/Shutterstock by Romix
After a while, Anping was deserted, and a huge, live banyan tree pushed its way through bricks and concrete to occupy the warehouse of the old merchant. Surprisingly, Anping’s doorways, roofs, and walls have all retained their shapes thanks to the tree’s branches and roots, transforming the entire building into a real tree house.
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