This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.

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

This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.

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

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.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

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.

South Korea's only sex-themed park.

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

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

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.

All that remains of an ancient royal palace is a water channel that was used for drinking games.

Rocks that take on the likenesses of several recognizable living entities crowd the Wang dong Rock Quarries.

A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.

Unlikely place for krautrock legends to hang out.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.