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

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

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

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

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

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

The site where the Emperor of Korea performed the long-forbidden "rite of heaven" to demonstrate his absolute sovereignty.

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.

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

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.