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Al-Azhar Park: Cairo, Egypt; A new hilltop park in the midst of one of Cairo’s most interesting neighborhoods.
Balboa Park: San Diego, CA, USA; With a host of cultural institutions laid out among its 1,200 lushly planted acres, Balboa Park is known as the "cultural heart" of San Diego.
Boston Common & Public Gardens: Boston, MA, USA; Dating back to 1634, the Common and Public Gardens provide 75 acres of green space in the heart of Boston's densely packed downtown core.
Bryant Park: New York, NY, USA; The eight acres of this elegant, welcoming park are built on top of the stacks of the New York Public Library next door.
Central Park: New York, NY, USA; Olmsted & Vaux's design for Manhattan's largest park became the standard-bearer for parks across the U.S.
Champs-Elysees: Paris, France; Paris' grand boulevard combines tremendous amounts of traffic, public transit, and tourism, while maintaining a distinct sense of Parisian urbanity at the pedestrian level.
Circular Quay: Sydney, Australia; In many ways, Circular Quay is the "heart of Sydney," and its success is due to the essential role it plays in the city's daily life.
Coney Island: Brooklyn, NY, USA; Coney Island's streets, buildings, public beach and boardwalk may be a bit down at the heels, but it remains a one-of-a-kind destination.
Eiffel Tower: Paris, France; Not only is the Eiffel Tower an iconic image of Paris, but it also is an active neighborhood place.
Golden Gate Park: San Francisco, CA, USA; The fourth-oldest major urban park in the U.S. gets more than 12 million visits each year.
Jackson Square: New Orleans, LA, USA; This lively and heavily trafficked park in the French Quarter is a popular site for artists, street performers and musicians who entertain tourists and locals.
Jardin des Tuileries: Paris, France; Tuileries Palace encloses the western end of the Louvre and the formal seventeenth century gardens that make up the central-most park in Paris, stretching from the Louvre to the Place de Concorde, and bordered by the Seine.
La Boqueria: Barcelona, Spain; The energy of Barcelona's best-known market can work up quite an appetite - that's when its chiringuitos (casual bar/restaurants) come in handy.
Las Ramblas: Barcelona, Spain; This series of pedestrian-oriented boulevards is so much a part of Barcelona that Spaniards coined a name for its users: "Ramblistas."
Luxembourg Gardens: Paris, France; A 60-acre park known for its extraordinary public amenities, including fountains, sculpture, ponds, flowerbeds, tennis courts, pony rides, a marionette theatre, playgrounds, food kiosks and open-air cafes.
Millennium Park: Chicago, IL, USA; Millennium Park is Chicago's newest showcase.
Museum of Modern Art Interior and Sculpture Garden: New York, NY, USA; A 2004 re-design made this renowned New York institution an even better place to view art--and people.
Parc de la Ciutadella: Barcelona, Spain; A shady 75-acre park near the old city, laid out in 1873 with flowerbeds, fountains, a lake and waterfalls.
Parc Guell: Barcelona, Spain; A sprawling complex of towers, galleries, pavilions and decorative landscaping on a hill overlooking Barcelona. One of Antoni Gaudi's masterpieces.
Piazza del Campo: Siena, Tuscany, Italy; An open plaza located at the physical and cultural heart of the city. Its red-brick fan shaped paths radiate out from the facade of the Palazzo Pubblico.
Piazza San Marco: Venice, Italy; The center of Venetian government and public life for nearly a millenium, and according to Napoleon, "the most elegant drawing room of Europe."
Pike Place Market: Seattle, WA, USA; Perhaps the quintessential public market and market district, the vitality, attractiveness, and economic success of this place are a beacon in Seattle (and for market boosters across the country).
Pioneer Courthouse Square: Portland, OR, USA; Located in the heart of downtown, "Portland's living room" has a prominent civic role as a place for public enjoyment.
Prospect Park: Brooklyn, NY, USA; Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux considered this 526-acre park, completed in 1877, to be their masterpiece.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Scotland; Although it's primarily a scientific research institution, this 72-acre complex is the second most popular attraction in Scotland, after Edinburgh Castle.
Rua Augusta: Lisbon, Portugal; Rua Augusta is the main street of Lisbon's central shopping district. A pedestrian street, the views up and down the hills of the city, and through to the Praca Commercio, are incredible. All manner of streetlife and activity abound.
Rue Mouffetard: Paris, France; This ancient narrow street works in the same way it has for centuries: as a place where people live, shop, eat and meet.
The Galleria: Milan, Italy; An arched, glass ceiling connects several Neo-Classical buildings, creating an indoor shopping arcade adjacent to Milan's central square.
The Royal Mile: Edinburgh, Scotland; Leading up to Edinburgh Castle, this mile-long cobblestone road is surrounded by mazes of alleys.
Times Square: New York, NY, USA; People are drawn to Times Square simply to bear witness to its extravagance, with its hyper-designed oversized billboards and countless shining lights.
Toth Arpad Setany: Budapest, Hungary; Residential street at the top of one of Budapest's best-known destinations, the area known as the Castle District - but it's far from a tourist trap.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Washington, DC, USA; This place introduced people to new ways of thinking about memorials; considered radical when it was built in 1982, it has proven to be powerful and accessible: millions visit every year.
Washington Square, San Francisco: San Francisco, CA, USA; A green oasis in the tight grid of one of the most densely populated parts of San Francisco.