Places ckoohle Wants to Go

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.

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

A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

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

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

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

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

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