A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

A vast museum devoted to North Korea's victories against its imperialist enemies.

A highly symbolic tower in honor of Supreme Leader Kim Il-sung's personal philosophy.

Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

This hillside village by the sea has been revitalized by street art.

The history of the plush toy and South Korea collected under one roof.

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.

A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

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

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

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

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

One man's lifetime collection of tiny objects of wisdom gathered from around the world, on display for public enjoyment.

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

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