Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.