London, England
The Burney Relief
This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
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London, England
This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
London, England
The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.
London, England
A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
Cervantes, Australia
Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.
Attadale, Australia
This public work of art outside of Perth depicts a dog walker and several mischievous canine companions.
Fremantle, Australia
A monument to a working class martyr.
Rottnest Island, Australia
Ships still use this historic lighthouse to navigate dangerous, island waters.
Busselton, Australia
The longest timber-piled jetty in the world has an underwater observatory.
Battery Point, Australia
Located alongside the famous Salamanca Market and in sight of Parliament House, this large and elaborate monument is hard to miss, split into two sections and standing some 14 meters tall.
Duvauchelle, New Zealand
A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.
Punakaiki, New Zealand
This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.
Glenduan, New Zealand
An unusual snaking bank of boulders caused by longshore drift.
Wellington, New Zealand
This ledge in Victoria Park served as a hiding spot for Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.
Wellington, New Zealand
Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.
Wellington, New Zealand
The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.