The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Colonial architecture meets urban art in this sprawling open-air gallery.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.