Sydney, Australia
Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair
A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Sydney, Australia
A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sydney, Australia
This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.
Sydney, Australia
Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.
Launceston, Australia
A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.
Launceston, Australia
A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.
Tokyo, Japan
Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.
Koya, Japan
Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.
Toppenish, Washington
Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Sydney, Australia
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Sydney, Australia
A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.
Leeuwin, Australia
This water wheel turned to stone in a matter of decades.
Steppes, Australia
These bronze sculptures can be found in an isolated patch of bush in Tasmania’s highlands.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Taroona, Australia
The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.
Taroona, Australia
For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
The Dalles, Oregon
This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
London, England
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.