Places ktknoll Wants to Go

A giant baby floats in the middle of Singapore’s nature park.

From prostitutes to soldiers to business men, the dead in this graveyard are a microcosm of Singapore's history with Japan.

An independent bookstore and press with a large collection of local and English-language literature.

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

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

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

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

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

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

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

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

Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.

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

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

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

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

Seoul amusement park boasts a Korean-speaking pachyderm.

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

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

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

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

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

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

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