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

Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.

See the lake and replica where a daredevil broke both world land and water speed records in the same year.

Inside this sculpture park are dozens of woodcrafts crafted by the gentle hands of a chainsaw.

A Japanese sculptor carved an ode to biodiversity into a floodplain.

The taxidermy remains of the mighty beast made famous by a Crocodile Dundee film.

There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

A unique memorial to the bunnies who died because of Australia's historic Rabbit Proof Fence.

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.

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

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

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

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

The last timber and iron Chinese temple in Australia.

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

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

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

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