Melbourne, Australia
Phar Lap
Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.
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Melbourne, Australia
Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
George Town, Malaysia
Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.
Langkawi, Malaysia
This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.
ambon Kalai, Thailand
A tall karst islet popularized by 007.
Gibraltar
Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
Gibraltar
There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.
Asilah, Morocco
The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Wicklow, Ireland
This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
Wicklow, Ireland
This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Dunedin, New Zealand
One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.
Hampden, New Zealand
Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.
Wellington, New Zealand
A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Kaymaklı Belediyesi, Turkey
While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.
Promised Land, Australia
A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.
Sheffield, Australia
The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.
Bicheno, Australia
Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.