Cities, Popular Stories

A bird's eye view of the fascinating patterns that make up suburbia...

Jersey City is sunny and bright even though it is the second densest city in America.

Amazing images showing some of the world's great cities reflected in the rivers, lakes and oceans on which they lie...

A memorial in the shadows of the New York City World Trade Center commemorates the 19th Century Irish Famine. This moving memorial invokes the horrors of famine...

Toronto's streets align with sunrise and sunset four times a year: twice as often as Stonehenge. Here are a few images on the eve of Torontohenge of Oct. 2011.

Ten beautiful parks, surrounded by urban environments and thus oases to the inhabitants of the cities in which they are located...

Detroit is experiencing one of the worst periods of urban decay in any period of American history.

A small town in Australia with lots of opal mines forces its residents to live underground. Unbelievable!

The escape to fantasyland and the enchanting magic of riders’ thrilled screams have not echoed through the deserted park for more then five years now.

Here are 5 of the most amazing projects Dubai has undertaken to transform itself from a country of oil to one of imagination.

Mother Nature's own lighting effect during the summer, with the help of a few tall skyscrapers.

Hedges don't just grow up overnight do they? That's just what happened recently when London's Trafalgar Square got it's own hedge maze - for 5 days only!

A city of poverty and plenty, Old Delhi opens its arms to the world. Will you enter?

Nek Chand rock garden is one of a kind. It represents Indian cultural heritage and attracts more than 3,000 visitors a day from all over the world.

Deep in the bowels of Budapest, beneath the famous Buda Castle that overlooks Hungary’s capital, bristling with Baroque architecture, lies a hidden part of the city.

Twice each summer, the Piazza del Campo in the medieval city of Siena, in Tuscany, floods with locals and tourists alike to witness one of sport's unique events.

Up your chances of meeting a prince or princess by visiting these 5 places.

Take in the best view of Sydney by climbing to the summit of its iconic Harbour Bridge.

An architectural masterpiece of precious Indian heritage, the Taj Mahal attracts up to four million tourists every year

Join the infectious sense of reckless abandon and unfettered fun at the world's biggest and most colourful street party