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

Unusual
Attractions
in South Korea

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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Seoul, South Korea

Yongma Land Abandoned Theme Park

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

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Paju, South Korea

Third Tunnel of Aggression

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

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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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Jeju-si, South Korea

Jeju Loveland

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

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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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Seoul, South Korea

Poopoo Land

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

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Paju, South Korea

Korean Demilitarized Zone

Last frontier of the Cold War.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in 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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Korean Temple Cuisine

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Ritual & Medicinal

Korean Temple Cuisine

An all-female order shares this ancient art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

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Black Garlic

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Ingredients & Condiments

Black Garlic

These inky cloves have aged like a fine wine.

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Stories
About South Korea

Slices of dotorimuk.

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Celebrate the Winter Olympics with tangy rice wine and acorn jelly.

February 15, 2018

Photographer Sangsuk Sylvia Kang's mother Kyung Ae Lee performs <em>kimjang</em>, the practice of making kimchi, at her home in South Korea.

How Kiddie Pools of Kimchi Bind Korean Families Together

The practice of "kimjang" is about more than fermenting napa cabbage.

by Natasha Frost

January 05, 2018

Lunar New Year Celebration in Seoul.

Happy New Year! You Are Now a Year Older in Korea

In the Korean peninsula, every person turns a year older on New Year's.

by Mariana Zapata

December 29, 2016