Geneva, Switzerland
L’horloge Fleurie (The Flower Clock)
The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.Â
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Geneva, Switzerland
The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds.Â
Taroona, Australia
The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.
Christchurch, New Zealand
An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.
Christchurch, New Zealand
Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Hobart, Australia
Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.
Taroona, Australia
For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.
Ansons Bay, Australia
Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.
Bicheno, Australia
Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.
Freycinet, Australia
One of the best beaches in the entire world.
Swansea, Australia
This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Launceston, Australia
A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.
Sheffield, Australia
The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.
Launceston, Australia
A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.
Pyengana, Australia
A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.
Tharwa, Australia
A rare and unique 19th-century pastoral burial site elevated off the ground.
Lawrence, Australia
One of the most successful gold mines of the Victorian gold rush.
Broulee, Australia
This tree, with its large oval-shaped scar, is a rare piece of Aboriginal cultural history.
Canberra, Australia
Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.