Yangyang, South Korea
38th Parallel Beach
A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.
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Yangyang, South Korea
A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.
Gangneung, South Korea
The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.
Seoul, South Korea
Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.
Jingwan-gil, South Korea
An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.
Paju, South Korea
A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.
Pyeongchang, South Korea
The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Seoul, South Korea
A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.
Hapcheon, South Korea
Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.
Busan, South Korea
The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.
Jeongseon, South Korea
This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.
Seoul, South Korea
One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.
Samcheog, South Korea
Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.
Seoul, South Korea
Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.
Yangpyeong, South Korea
This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.
Geoje-si, South Korea
One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.
Jeju-si, South Korea
South Korea's only sex-themed park.
Imsil-gun, South Korea
A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Melbourne, Australia
Occult books, tarot, oddities.
Lightning Ridge, Australia
On the outskirts of an opal-mining town, these baths fed by a massive underground aquifer are a natural spa.
Echuca, Australia
A timber wharf that contributed to Echuca becoming the largest inland port in 19th-century Australia.
Maldon, Australia
These two large, rusting pieces of machinery are relics of Australia’s gold mining past.
Parkes, Australia
A stargazing sculpture made from the ruins of an iconic telescope.