A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A youth-centric science center hides an industrial triumph.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

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

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

Hopefully inspecting his tin pan for little nuggets of gold.

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

The final resting place of George Washington's Grandma.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.