Places deriverative Wants to Go

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

A Korean rock bassist's wild dream has become a reality at this completely insane boutique hotel.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

It’s a bug’s life at this Korean eco-event park, built to host an annual butterfly festival.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.