Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

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

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

This hillside village by the sea has been revitalized by street art.

Known as the birthplace of Korean Buddhism, this temple features an ancient, five-story stone pagoda.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

Trees emerge from the surface of this small man-made reservoir.

The history of the plush toy and South Korea collected under one roof.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.

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

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

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.

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

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

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.