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Girl in a Wetsuit, Stanley Park

Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Girl in a Wetsuit’

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

Japadog

Vancouver, British Columbia

Japadog

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

The Gastown steam clock

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gastown Steam Clock

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Repaired entrance to first tunnel, where shotcrete has been applied to stabilize the wall on the right.

Hope, British Columbia

Othello Tunnels

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Maze

Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Giant Gippsland Earthworm
Permanently Closed

Bass, Australia

Giant Earthworm Museum

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

Holbrook Submarine.

Holbrook, Australia

HMAS Otway

The decommissioned submarine is now the symbol of a small, inland Australian town.

Polly Woodside

South Wharf, Australia

Polly Woodside

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

Pipeline

Mundaring, Australia

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

An engineering masterpiece, or “Scheme of Madness?”

Horatio.

Adelaide, Australia

'A Day Out'

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

Larry La Trobe

Melbourne, Australia

Larry La Trobe Statue

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

Mr. Lizard and the Gumnut Baby.

Melbourne, Australia

'Mr. Lizard and Gumnut Baby' Statue

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

Cook's Cottage

Melbourne, Australia

Captain Cook's Cottage

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

The Big Cheese in Bodalla, New South Wales, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bodalla, Australia

Big Cheese

Giant wheel of cheese marks a dairying village.

The 14-foot-high marionette watch.

Melbourne, Australia

Marionette Fob Watch

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

Weighs 6 tons and is 26 feet high.

Melbourne, Australia

Raising the Rattler Pole

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

Geelong Bollards

Geelong, Australia

Geelong Bollards

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The mural, painted at Yarraville in 2003 by Peter McMahon.

Yarraville, Australia

The Trugo Mural

The artwork celebrates Trugo, a odd yet beloved local sport played only around Melbourne.

Clifton Hill shot tower.

Clifton Hill, Australia

Clifton Hill Shot Tower

The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.

Big Murray Cod in Tocumwal, Australia.

Tocumwal, Australia

Big Murray Cod

Fiberglass fish built in 1968 after months of fundraising.

The Fairies Tree.

Melbourne, Australia

Fairies Tree

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

The Princess Theare

Melbourne, Australia

Princess Theatre

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

AC/DC Lane.

Melbourne, Australia

AC/DC Lane

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

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