Sydney, Australia
Mortuary Station
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
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Sydney, Australia
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Katoomba, Australia
A small curiosity shop with items ranging from antique medical supplies to taxidermied animals.
Sydney, Australia
Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Sydney, Australia
A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
Sydney, Australia
An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.
St Leonards, Australia
One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.
Sydney, Australia
Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Orlando, Florida
A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.
Orlando, Florida
Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.
Gotha, Florida
Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.
Orlando, Florida
Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
Agua Dulce, California
Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
Palmdale, California
The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Tempe, Arizona
A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.
Dragoon, Arizona
The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.
Marfa, Texas
This quirky outpost and gallery inside a former church is an unexpected trove of handcrafted art.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
A surprise blip of color and kitsch.
Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico
This centuries-old pueblo church houses the body of a Franciscan friar who is said to be a rare "incorruptible" corpse.
Cibola County, New Mexico
In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The final resting place of the businessman-turned-astronomer who helped discover Pluto stands near his observatory.