Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

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

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.