Sanzhi might look like a town out of a Star Trek episode, but it is actually an abandoned tourist city in the north of Taiwan. The idea behind Sanzhi was to build futuristic pods that would act as summer villas for the affluent who wanted retreats from the city – an idea that was well received and even gained some financial backing from the government. Construction began in 1978 but investment capital dried up by 1980 before the project was completed. The company went bankrupt and the property was left to rot. dali
