Parkville, Australia
Burke and Wills Monument
This unusual stone monument marks the starting point of the epic and tragic event.
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Parkville, Australia
This unusual stone monument marks the starting point of the epic and tragic event.
Parkville, Australia
The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.
Melbourne, Australia
The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.
Melbourne, Australia
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Melbourne, Australia
Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.
Melbourne, Australia
This sculpture was designed to encourage viewers to be true to themselves.
Paris, France
135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.
Naoshima, Japan
A museum dedicated to the least secret spy is actually an attempt to get Hollywood's attention.
Kawasaki, Japan
One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.
Sapporo, Japan
This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.
Sakaiminato, Japan
This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.
Kobe, Japan
An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.
Itami, Japan
The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.
Inakadate, Japan
Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.
Aogashima, Japan
We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Okinawa, Japan
Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.
Osaka, Japan
One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Tokyo, Japan
The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Tokyo, Japan
Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.