Northern Virginia housing developments that will soon be walled in by data centers exemplify the tensions over unfettered growth, as calls increase for regulation.

Ontario’s government has vowed to tear up newly installed cycling infrastructure, stoking tensions between the city and its suburbs over rider safety and congestion.

The sprawling megacity hides a trove of weird and wonderful contemporary buildings. Its once-omnipresent VW Beetles provide a stylish way to see them.