Lord Howe Island, Australia
Lord Howe Island's Time
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
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Lord Howe Island, Australia
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
Mount Colah, Australia
An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.
Sydney, Australia
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Canberra, Australia
Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.
Melbourne, Australia
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
Wilsons Promontory, Australia
A unique rock formation that only a few have managed to venture inside.
Narva, Estonia
Visitors can sit and study the board with this Estonian chess legend and International Grandmaster.
Cairns, Australia
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Slampe, Latvia
Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.
Mazirbe, Latvia
These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.
Townsville, Australia
A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.
Christmas Island, Australia
The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.
Osaka, Japan
This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Helena, Montana
One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.
Helena, Montana
Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.