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Kerosene Tin Hut

Morven, Australia

Kerosene Tin Hut

These tin huts were commonplace in Australia during the Great Depression.

The Big Meat Ant.

Augathella, Australia

Big Meat Ant

Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.

Qantas Founders Museum

Longreach, Australia

Qantas Founders Museum

The museum describes the story of how an Australian airline with a single biplane became one of the biggest in the world.

Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The Wave Organ, San Francisco Bay

San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Yoda Fountain

San Francisco, California

Yoda Fountain

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Chamber of Secrets door

San Francisco, California

Chamber of Secrets Door

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Madaba Mosaic Map

Madaba, Jordan

Madaba Mosaic Map

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

Oasis

Qesm Siwah, Egypt

Siwa Oasis

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

The nilometer of Rhoda Island near Cairo

Cairo, Egypt

Nilometer

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The ruins of Troy

Çanakkale, Turkey

Troy

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

Palmyra

Palmyra, Syria

Palmyra

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Burj Al Arab from the air

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Burj Al Arab

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

The Gold Souk, Dubai.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai Gold Souk

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

The 272 steps to the main cave, guarded by Murugan

Batu Caves, Malaysia

Batu Caves

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Gold Coast Wax Museum and Chamber of Horrors

Surfers Paradise, Australia

Gold Coast Wax Museum and Chamber of Horrors

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

Buildings on St Helena Island

Manly, Australia

St. Helena Island

The ruins of Brisbane’s own Alcatraz now sit in the middle of a national park.

Streets Beach

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Famous marker of a Queensland farm (Flickr/marj k)

Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

Mary Poppins Statue

Maryborough, Australia

Mary Poppins Statue

A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.

Lt. James Cook Monument Cairn

Seventeen Seventy, Australia

Lt. James Cook Monument Cairn

A cairn commemorating James Cook's second landing in Australia.

Capricorn Caves

The Caves, Australia

Capricorn Caves

A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

The Big Easel in Emerald

Emerald, Australia

The Big Easel

An oversized Van Gogh reproduction is one of three massive sunflower paintings across the globe.

Black Mountain and its boulders.

Rossville, Australia

Black Mountain

Legend says entire herds of cattle have disappeared within this boulder-strewn landscape.

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