Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

This Australian beach became famous when Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared from its shores.

The decommissioned submarine is now the symbol of a small, inland Australian town.

Visible from both land and sea.

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

This strange portrayal of the state's first lieutenant-governor literally stands on its head.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The largest shot tower in Australia is a unique reminder of industrial ammunitions history.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

An obsolete form of timekeeping still marks the hour in this adapted 19th century lighthouse.

The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.