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

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

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.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

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

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

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

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

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

This traditional Japanese-style house doubles as one of James Turrell's colorful works of art.

"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

This mysterious runestone embedded in a church wall is linked to the medieval cult of Saint Erik.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.