The train from Seoul takes less than an hour, but the world inside is several climates away. Most botanical gardens […]
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Some places are always beautiful. A few places are briefly, explosively beautiful. And if you happen to show up on
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April in Seoul has a secret address. Seoul Forest doesn’t announce its tulip season. There’s no gate, no admission fee,
Cross the stream, climb a little, and the city disappears behind you. Yeonhui Forest Rest Area (연희숲속쉼터) sits on the
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There is something disorienting about standing in the middle of what was, sixty years ago, a working salt farm —
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Everyone knows the one in Jeju. Almost no one comes to this one. The Ark Church on Daebudo is one
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The cherry blossoms don’t come to you — you go up three floors and wait for them at the window.
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Not every cherry blossom view in Jeju comes with a tour bus behind it. Jeju-daero in peak bloom is unmistakable
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The first thing you see isn’t the temple. It’s the palm trees. Coming from the coastal road, the approach to
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