The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

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

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.