Places escapementality Wants to Go

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.

Located on top of mines that run through Broken Hill.

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

At Ramahyuck, the Gunaikurnai people were forced to trade their freedom and culture for protection. Today, a cemetery is all that remains of the site.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.

This giant trout was made by a singular fisherman who wanted to honor his local trade.

Giant wheel of cheese marks a dairying village.

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.

At five meters long, that is one big piece of foam poop.

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

The world's first indigenous rooftop farm boasts 2,000 plants from more than 35 different native Australian species.

Ninety years of Sydney buses under one roof.

Roadside attraction outside of a recycling center.