An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Just one of many oranges on this citrus-happy continent.

This abstract sculpture was initially so disliked that it got moved to the outskirts of town a few months after installation.

Constructed in 1857, mourners used these towers to burn offerings of paper prayers and gifts for the afterlife.

These bronze sculptures can be found in an isolated patch of bush in Tasmania’s highlands.

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

This gold mine–turned–swimming hole is the perfect summer picnic spot, immersed in nature and history.

This Australian beach became famous when Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared from its shores.

Queensland's largest dam includes a winding spillway that offers drivers a mesmerizing sight.

An obsolete form of timekeeping still marks the hour in this adapted 19th century lighthouse.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

This small seaside reserve supposedly inspired a young Errol Flynn to take the nautical adventures that would define him on and off the silver screen.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

The forgotten and tragic story of the thousands of female convicts forcibly transported to Tasmania is told inside the ruins of this notorious 19th-century workhouse.

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

The abandoned remains of a once popular zoo, and the grave of the last known Tasmanian Tiger.