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Unusual Attractions in Pyongyang

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Mangyongdae Funfair

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

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Ryugyong Hotel

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

Pyongyang, North Korea

Mansu Hill Grand Monument

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

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Taedonggang Brewing Company

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

Pyongyang, North Korea

The USS Pueblo

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

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Ideals of the North Korean Workers' Party Monument

A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.

Pyongyang, North Korea

Juche Tower

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

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Victorious Fatherland War Museum

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

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Taedonggang Brewing Company

An English brewery transported to North Korea.

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Stories About Pyongyang

American and Korean hockey teams meeting in Pyongyang, on the frozen Taedong River, in 1933.

The Presbyterian Roots of Ice Hockey in North Korea

When Americans represented Pyongyang with pride.

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American Presbyterian Mission Annual Meeting in Pyongyang, 1910s.

The Forgotten American Missionaries of Pyongyang

In the decades before World War II, U.S. Christians created a "Jerusalem of the East."

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