40 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in South Korea - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in South Korea

Trick Eye Museum

Seoul, South Korea

Trick Eye Museum

South Korea's love of the silly photograph is on full display at this goofy collection of trompe l'oeil paintings.

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Broken-hearted Sailor Moon attraction at Yongma Land.

Seoul, South Korea

Yongma Land Abandoned Theme Park

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

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Third Tunnel of Aggression. (Wikimedia Commons)

Paju, South Korea

Third Tunnel of Aggression

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

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Busan, South Korea

Jangsan Puppy Cafe

South Koreans dwelling in small apartments de-stress with cute dogs and cold drinks.

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The park is structured around a lake that contains a larger-than-life statue of two pairs of entwined legs, upside-down in the water as if the partners’ upper bodies are under the lake’s surface.

Jeju-si, South Korea

Jeju Loveland

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

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Glass gardens.

Jeju-si, South Korea

Jeju Glass Castle Theme Park

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

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The Demarcation Line marking the border between the two countries

Paju, South Korea

Korean Demilitarized Zone

Last frontier of the Cold War.

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Gwangju-si, South Korea

Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital

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

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Unique
Food & Drink
from South Korea

Dragon's Beard Candy

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Dragon's Beard Candy

The ancient confection consists of wispy sugar-strands that look like dragon whiskers.

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Makgeolli

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Makgeolli

South Korea's oldest alcoholic beverage is making a comeback.

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Job's Tears Tea

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Job's Tears Tea

South Koreans turned this simple grain into a nutty energy drink.

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Acorn Jelly

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Acorn Jelly

The nut goes from oak tree to savory, sesame-topped side in a matter of days.

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