Playgrounds

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

This whimsical garden filled with fairies and incredible creatures has been enchanting children—and adults—since the 1970s.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

The oldest playground in America.

Watch out for the two-story Godzilla made out of tires.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.