Up and Down New York (circa 1930) by Central Film Company is a silent documentary capturing the bustling streets and landmarks of New York City during the early 20th century. Featuring aerial ...

In New Jersey, superstorm Sandy destroyed several blocks of Atlantic City’s world-famous boardwalk and wrecked several other boardwalks up and down the coast. A Seaside Heights roller coaster… ...

But his latest photo mission — to photograph New York City at night from above — was "the scariest of his life," he tells Business Insider. In order to take the photographs, Laforet had to ...

Aerial view of the closed Santa Monica Pier. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Venice Beach skate park, where a handful of skaters defy the city’s closure order.

Rather than shooting straight down, the satellites captured the images from oblique angles, creating orthographic-type views reminiscent of games like Sim City. Planet's Robert Simmon detailed a ...