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Cactus and Succulent Garden

Sydney, Australia

Cactus and Succulent Garden

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

Midden

Sydney, Australia

Midden

In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.

'Memory Is Creation Without End'

Sydney, Australia

'Memory Is Creation Without End'

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

Justice and Police Museum

Sydney, Australia

Justice and Police Museum

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

The message on display.

Sydney, Australia

The Queen's Letter

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

Paddington Reservoir Gardens

Sydney, Australia

Paddington Reservoir Gardens

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

The interior.

Sydney, Australia

White Rabbit Gallery

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

Regent Street railway station.

Sydney, Australia

Mortuary Station

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

A water dragon suns itself on a ledge

Sydney, Australia

Water Dragons of the Chinese Garden of Friendship

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Thylacine taxidermy at the Australian Museum

Sydney, Australia

Thylacine Taxidermy

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

Eric the Pliosaur

Sydney, Australia

Eric the Pliosaur

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

Robert Burns Statue

Sydney, Australia

Robert Burns Statue

A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.

Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine.

Sydney, Australia

Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine

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

Trim the Cat.

Sydney, Australia

Trim the Cat

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Installation by artist Michael Thomas Hill and research scientist Dr. Richard Major.

Sydney, Australia

'Forgotten Songs' Sound Sculpture

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

Butterfly Garden at Changi Airport

Singapore

Changi Airport's Butterfly Garden

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.

The SS Great Eastern Launch Site

London, England

The SS Great Eastern Launch Site

The Jelling Stone Replica

London, England

The Jelling Stone Replica

Amongst the decadent homes that surround London’s Regent’s Park stands a replica of one of Denmark's most significant national treasures

Blériot Memorial

Dover, England

Blériot Memorial

A granite plane marks the site where a French aviator completed the first airplane flight across the English channel.

Dover Castle

Dover, England

Dover Castle

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Bronze Age Boat

Dover, England

Bronze Age Boat

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens

Temple Ewell, England

Kearsney Abbey and Russell Gardens

Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.

Roman Townhouses

Colchester, England

Roman Townhouses

A glimpse into ancient urban living amidst a modern park

Colchester Roman Theatre

Colchester, England

Colchester Roman Theatre

Traces of a Roman theatre beneath Britain's oldest recorded town

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