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10 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Pyongyang, North Korea

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Mangyongdae Funfair

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

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Ryugyong Hotel

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

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Visitors bowing in a show of respect for North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on Mansudae (Mansu Hill) in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Mansu Hill Grand Monument

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

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Juche Tower.

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Juche Tower

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

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Victorious Fatherland War Museum

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

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The USS Pueblo, Pyongyang

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The USS Pueblo

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

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Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

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Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

A former palace transformed into a mausoleum for North Korea's supreme leaders.

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Chollima Statue

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Chollima Statue

This North Korean pegasus statue was built as a symbol of the speed and perseverance of North Korean workers.

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Stories
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American and Korean hockey teams meeting in Pyongyang, on the frozen Taedong River, in 1933.

The Presbyterian Roots of Ice Hockey in North Korea

When Americans represented Pyongyang with pride.

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American Presbyterian Mission Annual Meeting in Pyongyang, 1910s.

The Forgotten American Missionaries of Pyongyang

In the decades before World War II, U.S. Christians created a "Jerusalem of the East."

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