Istanbul, Turkey
Şemsi Pasha Mosque
An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.
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Istanbul, Turkey
An Ottoman-era mosque looking over the Black Sea.
Ohakune, New Zealand
The largest model carrot in the world.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.
Hamilton, New Zealand
A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.
Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Ghan, Australia
Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.
Northern Territory, Australia
This sacred site lives up to its name with its majestic, color-splashed sandstone formations.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Witjira, Australia
Swim in these hot springs filled with three-million-year-old water, deep in the Australian Outback.
Ghan, Australia
Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.
Desert Springs, Australia
Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.
Rossville, Australia
Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
Maryborough, Australia
A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.
Fraser Island, Australia
The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.
Ararat, Australia
Now a museum, this was once a prison facility and a hospital for the “criminally insane.”
Peterborough, Australia
Dedicated to a pivotal figure in the region's tourism industry.