Places katechurch1 Wants to Go

Home to the oldest operating roller coaster in the Southern Hemisphere.

This whimsical garden filled with fairies and incredible creatures has been enchanting children—and adults—since the 1970s.

This slightly spooky yet nostalgic theme park claims to be the first of its kind in Australia.

Giant wood sculpture in Kew first constructed in 1979.

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

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

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.