What is known about Kinmen (金門) is that there is much unknown about Kinmen. But only an hour flight away from Songshan Airport, tourists and history buffs alike -- and 1,000 Chinese tourists a day thanks to the opening of the "three mini links" -- can have the amazing experience of visiting Taiwan's most mysterious, lush outcrop.

Take an hour-long flight from Taipei and you can literally soft land at the beach of the most strategically important place within Taiwan territory, a cluster of tiny islets that played a vital role in ROC history despite its tiny size. Kinmen (金門) is located 2 miles off the coast of China, from Xiamen (廈門) in the Fujian Province.