An iconic work of public art that lights up the downtown area.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

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

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

A controversial interactive sculpture that "weeps" water.

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

The evolution of a simple creek cutting its way through an ochre mountain side.

This salt lake in South Australia features seasonal color changes and its very own loch monster.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

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

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!