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

A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

This traditional home is a rare example of 19th-century Korean architecture.

Visit the real-life site of the fictional pizzeria in Bong Joon-Ho's film Parasite.

Celebrating the history of Hangul, the Korean writing system invented by King Sejong to improve his realm’s literacy.

Collected from all around Seoul, thousands of secondhand books create this photogenic tunnel.

The supreme shrine of the state.

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

A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.

The best place for scenic views of the DMZ and North Korea.

A unique structure located on the grounds of one of five grand palaces that were built by the Joseon dynasty.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

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

A Korean village where times stands still.

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

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

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

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

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

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.