June 2012 | Discovering Korea

Hongdae Furniture Street in Seoul

Tables and chairs in a room with slatted walls, a large plant in the center at Hongdae furniture street.

Hongdae Furniture Street in Seoul is perhaps the place to go in Korea’s capital for well-crafted and inexpensive custom-made furniture.

Daeonsil is Changgyeonggung Palace’s Great Glass House

Exterior view of Daeonsil, a large glass house with white framework, an A frame entrance. In front is a courtyard with a stone fountain leading up to the steps, two large trees flanking the entrance.

Daeonsil is Changgyeonggung Palace’s Great Glass House, a beautiful place dedicated to horticulture.

Musee Shuim and Funerary Folk Art in Seoul

Close up of a carved wooden dragon, with yellow and red scales, multicolored body and wings at Musee Shuim.

Musee Shuim is a Seoul museum that showcases Korea’s funerary folk art – colorful wood sculptures that help the deceased transition into the afterlife.

Northern Seoul’s Dream Forest

Looking up at the observatory in Seoul's Dream Forest, a long building in dark stone, going upwards to a glass area with panoramic views.

Northern Seoul’s Dream Forest was opened in 2009 on the grounds of a former amusement park. Blanketing two large hills it’s Seoul’s fourth largest park.