Brisbane, Australia
Queensland Police Museum
It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.
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Brisbane, Australia
It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.
Brisbane, Australia
Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Bardon, Australia
This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Cairns, Australia
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
Green Island, Australia
Home of the world's largest crocodile.
Atherton, Australia
The last timber and iron Chinese temple in Australia.
Mena Creek, Australia
A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.
Niutoua, Tonga
A massive trilithon nicknamed "Stonehenge of the Pacific."
Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna
The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.
Micronesia
Giant money stones of Yap.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
A gorgeous gem on the ocean.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.
Cebu City, Philippines
This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.
Seoul, South Korea
Only a few pieces remain of a grand 16th-century water clock that once announced the changing hours with the sound of bells, gongs, and drums.
Seoul, South Korea
The headquarters of Korea’s provisional government later became the site of a prominent statesman's assassination.
Seoul, South Korea
Some of the freshest vegetables in Seoul are grown in a subway station.
Goyang-si, South Korea
Home to the largest artificial lake in Asia.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
A thriving community of Taiwanese art.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
This former military installation was turned into a discipline center by the Taiwanese Navy.
Sapporo, Japan
This futuristic public park includes large sculptures and an artificial geyser.
Asahikawa, Japan
A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.