Melbourne, Australia
'The Public Purse'
This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.
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Melbourne, Australia
This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.
Garden Island, Australia
The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.
Adelaide, Australia
The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.
Kyoto, Japan
Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Tokyo, Japan
People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.
Tokyo, Japan
A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.
Tokyo, Japan
Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.
Tokyo, Japan
This Japanese Manneken Pis gets new outfits for every occasion.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Paris, France
The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Ghosts of France's colonial past.
Madrid, Spain
This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.
Madrid, Spain
The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
Madrid, Spain
Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.
Seville, Spain
Its appearance in "Game of Thrones" may spur on the long-awaited restoration of this medieval shipyard.
Seville, Spain
Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.
Seville, Spain
A 16th-century Andalusian palace.
Ronda, Spain
The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.