This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.