Travel and Transportation: Cities and Towns

New York was known for its architecture, the elegant brownstones, the towering skyscrapers, the grand museums. Gregor the Overlander

In our neighbourhood there was a large compound that housed migrant workers from the tribal reserves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

On the other side of the river, tall modern buildings, with whole walls of windows, lifted up out above the squat brick constructions. Homecoming

We drove on, an old bus and twenty-five cars and trucks, toward the developments west of town; toward the developments where I live. Tangerine

“Isn’t it mind-blowing, the engineering behind something as grand as this entryway? It never ceases to amaze me, but particularly on beautiful days like this,” Mr. Keller says. The House That Lou Built

One crew did the exterior renovations on what had once been the small Ohio city’s most magnificent building, the Gold Leaf Bank. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

It could include facilities for food production, health care, manufacturing, leisure activities—just as a town on earth can do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story

A contractor by trade, he focused on commercial infrastructure projects, like plumbing and heating; he was a Republican, like most of the legislators, but a moderate one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age

The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. Me Talk Pretty One Day

It was a far cry from the towering skyscrapers and concrete landscape of where he’d grown up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)

On our first evening in Rome, we climbed one of the seven hills and looked out over the metropolis. Educated

The Brandenburg Gate, a monument to the city's former greatness, still stood in the middle of the city, in the midst of a no-man's-land between East and West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia

I love my neighborhood of North River Heights, which is why it was so strange to be walking down these blocks feeling like it was all new to me suddenly. Wonder

As we entered the outskirts of the city, I could see people streaming toward the center. Long Walk to Freedom

I saw two pagodas, one on each side of the street, as though they were the entrance to a great Buddha temple. The Joy Luck Club

Beyond the city walls, a hundred pavilions had been raised beside the river, and the common folk came out in the thousands to watch the games. A Game of Thrones

Not only was it a training facility, but it also had residences that housed cosmonauts, scientists, and space personnel and their families. Women in Space

I walk out onto Georgia Avenue and take in the scenery: the shinier-than-usual cars, the well-dressed people, the wide, clean buildings. Pride

The rim arced through the sky at a height of 264 feet, as high as the topmost occupied floor in Burnham’s Masonic Temple, the city’s tallest skyscraper. The Devil in the White City

On the very outskirts of the village, there was a large, simple wooden structure originally meant to provide cover in a rainstorm, then, when more solid buildings were built, to store things temporarily. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)