Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

Victoria's largest salt lake is a favorite haunt for photographers and stargazers.

Direct access to a gold mine showing the boom and bust of Australia's Victorian gold rush.

A timber transport car and a team of horses were needed to carry this lookout to the top of Mount Tarrengower in the 1920s.

These two large, rusting pieces of machinery are relics of Australia’s gold mining past.

This school was established during the height of the Australian Gold Rush.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

Australia's oldest artists' colony.

This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

The entire history of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program is painted on an enormous roadside water tank.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.