Ali Low

This was the highlight of my visit to the Beitou area. The museum is in what once was a high class Japanese style hotel, which has been preserved in excellent condition. They have a very good free English audio guide.
They have a restaurant (which I didn't try) that serves Japanese food and has a great view out of the Beitou area.

Free museum close to the presidential palace.

An impressive building from the Japanese colonial period. Usually, you can enter weekday mornings, however it's also possible to enter during a few select weekends when more of the building is accessible and you can take pictures. Most of what you can look round is a museum, but there's not that much in the way of English explanation.

An excellent French restaurant