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

According to legend, those who pray at this statue will also be granted a wish.

This school was constructed in memory of Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang.

The burial ground of two kings and a queen is now a calm city park in the middle of bustling Seoul.

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

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

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

A Korean village where times stands still.

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

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

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.

An early Korean refrigerator.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.