The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

Roadside display for a popular fruit and vegetable stand.

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

The decommissioned submarine is now the symbol of a small, inland Australian town.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

Fiberglass fish built in 1968 after months of fundraising.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

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

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

Plastic pups and their colorful homes greet travelers on this otherwise ordinary Australian street.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.