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An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

This hillside village by the sea has been revitalized by street art.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

Its humdrum facade only adds to its electrifying appeal: a rooftop with panoramic views of a shapeshifting metropolis.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

The history of the plush toy and South Korea collected under one roof.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.

All that remains of an ancient royal palace is a water channel that was used for drinking games.

Home to the largest artificial lake in Asia.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

The world's longest bridge fountain has hundreds of nozzles that create a beautiful, illuminated spectacle.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

According to legend, those who pray at this statue will also be granted a wish.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

An unusual pagoda design in in the northwestern part of Hwaeomsa Temple.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.

The headquarters of Korea’s provisional government later became the site of a prominent statesman's assassination.