Parks

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

After miraculously surviving a giant flood, the 19th-century nut tree and its offspring are protected with their own tiny park.