Want to book reservations at Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel?

Sorry.

The “hotel” is an empty shell that can be seen from anywhere in the capital city. Construction was stopped in 1992 due to a lack of funds and safety concerns about crooked elevator shafts and cracking concrete. Plus, no tourists.

A perfect symbol of the hubris and stupidity of totalitarian rule.

Pyongyang: Home to the Tallest Hotel in the World That Could, but Will Never Be