Parks

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.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.