Places kfolsom Wants to Go

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

The supreme shrine of the state.

The only wooden pagoda remaining in South Korea is part of a Buddhist temple that was established in the year 553.

This school was constructed in memory of Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang.

Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.

The site of the last royal wedding in Korea.

Known as the birthplace of Korean Buddhism, this temple features an ancient, five-story stone pagoda.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.

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

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

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

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

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

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

A Korean village where times stands still.

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

Located in a remote mountain valley in Yamagata Prefecture, these hot springs have attracted bathers for over 450 years.

This rock in the middle of a river in Jayuya contains dozens of Pre-Columbian Taíno petroglyphs.

La Cara del Indio honors the Taíno chief who fought bravely against the Spanish invasion of Puerto Rico.

Enjoy the waters of this half-moon-shaped natural pool surrounded by breathtaking scenery.

The short hike is worth the stunning views and crystal blue waters of a secluded beach.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.