Parks

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This sprawling, formerly elite sporting complex in Amman, Jordan has become a local picnic spot.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.