Places Vrielinkie Wants to Go

Rocks that take on the likenesses of several recognizable living entities crowd the Wang dong Rock Quarries.

Natural rock formations resembling monks in hats inspire folk legends.

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.

Explore the history of recorded sound at the world's third largest collection of Edison memorabilia.

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

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

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

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

Japan and South Korea both lay claim to islands inhabited by one woman.

A Korean rock bassist's wild dream has become a reality at this completely insane boutique hotel.

Seoul amusement park boasts a Korean-speaking pachyderm.

Ancient temple is home to centuries of art and spiritual artifacts.

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

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

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

A Korean village where times stands still.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

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