Taree, Australia
Big Oyster
Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
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Taree, Australia
Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
Kew, Australia
Giant wood sculpture in Kew first constructed in 1979.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
West Ballina, Australia
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Landsborough, Australia
This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.
Woombye, Australia
A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
Utsunomiya, Japan
At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.
Bowenfels, Australia
Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.
Canberra, Australia
The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.
Moscow, Russia
One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.
Adelaide, Australia
The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.
Mena Creek, Australia
A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Minski rajon, Belarus
Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
São Paulo, Brazil
Half curiosity cabinet, half late night hotspot, this Brazilian bar is helping turn a dangerous neighborhood around.
São Paulo, Brazil
The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.
Melbourne, Australia
A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.
Melbourne, Australia
Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.