Coober Pedy, Australia
Coober Pedy
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
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Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Nullarbor, Australia
This restored station garage allows visitors to step back in time at this remote outpost on the Nullarbor Plain.
Norseman, Australia
A tribute to the role camels played in the region's industrial development.
Fremantle, Australia
This work of public art symbolizes the maritime history and the modern creative industry in Fremantle.
Fremantle, Australia
One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.
Rottnest Island, Australia
Ships still use this historic lighthouse to navigate dangerous, island waters.
Wellington Mill, Australia
Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Esperance, Australia
A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Torndirrup, Australia
Wild seas have created two spectacular formations just a stone's throw away from each other.
Busselton, Australia
The longest timber-piled jetty in the world has an underwater observatory.
Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Christchurch, New Zealand
This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The steep slope known as “Ob Hill” overlooks an Antarctic research station.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
This uniquely shaped slab of volcanic rock has been used by generations of Antarctic explorers.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
McConnelsville, Ohio
All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.