Places moonlightpearls Wants to Go

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

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

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

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.

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

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

A 19th-century house filled with secret trap doors and hidden basements has been turned into a museum.

A collection of items seized by the Indian Customs have been kept for display at the Old Customs House in Panaji.

A former prison within a seaside fort has now been turned into an interactive museum.

Located within a 17th-century convent, this museum features centuries-old Christian art pieces that meld European and Asian influences.

Established in the 16th century, this "mother's market" is run entirely by women.

The art and tradition of Tibetan costumes are preserved through these dolls made by Buddhist monks.

A collection of over 20,000 priceless artifacts collected by a single person over several decades.

Pune's oldest ice cream parlor serves scoops in flavors like lemongrass.

Believed to be the largest Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.

This ancient well once held a top-secret royal meeting chamber.

Inside this Darjeeling museum, you can see a pair of boots that once stood at the top of the world.

A former palace that showcases weapons, jewelry, clothing, furniture, musical instruments, and more from the Peshwa Era.

In the palace with a thousand doors, not all of them are guaranteed to lead you somewhere new.

One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.

This wonderland of ancient temples has been recently painstakingly reconstructed.

A grassroots collection showcasing personal objects of family members separated by the post-1971 border between India and Pakistan.

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.

A gray market run by Burmese Indians offers a portal to a forgotten period in history.