Jinan, South Korea
Tapsa Temple
120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.
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Jinan, South Korea
120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.
Seoul, South Korea
A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.
Paju, South Korea
A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.
Hapcheon, South Korea
Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.
Jingwan-gil, South Korea
An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.
Suncheon, South Korea
A Korean village where times stands still.
Seoul, South Korea
A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.
Seoul, South Korea
One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.
Busan, South Korea
The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.
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.
Geoje-si, South Korea
One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.
Pohang, South Korea
To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.
Gwangju-si, South Korea
The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.
Seoul, South Korea
Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.
Seoul, South Korea
Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.
Ternate, Indonesia
This 17th-century fort, built by the Dutch to control a piece of the international spice trade, is now a city park.
Bawolato, Indonesia
Warrior training: The Indonesian tourist trap.
Tampaksiring, Indonesia
One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.
Merek, Indonesia
One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.
Kintamani, Indonesia
In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.
Ternate, Indonesia
The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Indonesia
An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.