The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.

A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

A Korean rock bassist's wild dream has become a reality at this completely insane boutique hotel.

The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.

Asia's largest limestone cave is home to a world of plastic goblins and gold mining history.

This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.

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

This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

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

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

This quirky Korean eatery is built to resemble an equally quirky vintage camera.

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

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

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

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

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.