Songnisan, South Korea
Palsangjeon
The only wooden pagoda remaining in South Korea is part of a Buddhist temple that was established in the year 553.
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Songnisan, South Korea
The only wooden pagoda remaining in South Korea is part of a Buddhist temple that was established in the year 553.
Paju, South Korea
A large visitor's complex and place of remembrance on the outskirts of the DMZ.
Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.
Gangneung, South Korea
Explore the history of recorded sound at the world's third largest collection of Edison memorabilia.
Gyeongju, South Korea
From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
Yangyang, South Korea
A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.
Seogwipo, South Korea
South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.
Busan, South Korea
The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.
Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.
Vatican City
If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Tromsø, Norway
The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.
Sandefjord, Norway
Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.
Holtålen, Norway
Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.
Barentsburg, Norway
This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.
Bergen, Norway
St George's Leprosy Museum depicts the gruesome afflictions of those suffering from the disease.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Alta, Norway
The world's northernmost ice hotel.
Oslo, Norway
This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.
Stavanger, Norway
Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Oslo, Norway
This floating sculpture of ice is a poignant reminder of nature's power.
Nordkapp, Norway
At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.