Cheer up your basement with an indoor atrium at the base of the stairs. This idea from @rzinteriors_ is simple but impactful, creating an unexpected feature in a space that’s usually wasted.

The Butterfly Atrium at the Hershey Gardens houses has butterflies from Asia, Africa, South America, and the United States in its indoor tropical atrium. We get shipments of chrysalis every week.

Here are 13 of our favorite kid-friendly indoor gardens, plazas, and urban oases for NYC families. Bonus: Most of these public atriums and indoor gardens are FREE to wander into, and many offer ...