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Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

Ella Fitzgerald, opera singer Enrico Caruso, and dancer Isadora Duncan all performed in this lavish, supposedly haunted theater.

The largest and best preserved necropolis in the Western Mediterranean.

Cathedral-like Victorian vaults are hidden within this iconic bridge.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary named for St. Patrick.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

This old museum contains dozens of detailed miniature ships and buildings.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.

A look into the life of a Victorian-era prisoner.

The building of this town's first purpose-built cinema theater now houses a restaurant, but its walls still represent a distant heritage.

This may be one of the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass windows in Australia.

After it was missing for a decade, this 40-foot statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was found and returned to a place of honor—with a little help from a tropical storm.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.

An abandoned 6th-century monastery features a medieval map of the known world.

A unique shrine dedicated to the deified skull of a 17th-century Tokyo courtesan.