Bundoora, Australia
Upside-Down Charles La Trobe Statue
This strange portrayal of the state's first lieutenant-governor literally stands on its head.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Bundoora, Australia
Larundel Mental Asylum
Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.
Melbourne, Australia
The Limelight Department
A cramped wooden attic that once housed one of the world's first movie studios.
Melbourne, Australia
Flinders Street Station Ballroom
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
Melbourne, Australia
Ned Kelly's Armour
The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.
Mount Dandenong, Australia
William Ricketts Sanctuary
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.
Arthurs Seat, Australia
The Enchanted Maze Garden
Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.
Shoreham, Australia
Ashcombe Maze
Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.
London, England
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Temple of Mithras
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
Grant Museum of Zoology
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
The Sherlock Holmes Pub and Museum
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Irish Hunger Memorial
Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
New York's Hidden Tropical Forest
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
New York, New York
Museum of Sex
A semi-scholarly approach to sex.
New York, New York
High Bridge
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Storm Tunnels
The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.
Parkville, Australia
Melbourne Medical Museum
Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.
