Melbourne, Australia
Gog and Magog
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
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Melbourne, Australia
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
Melbourne, Australia
A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.
Melbourne, Australia
One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.
Melbourne, Australia
This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.
Coober Pedy, Australia
This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.
Sydney, Australia
Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Melbourne, Australia
The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.
Melbourne, Australia
An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.
Sydney, Australia
Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.
Norheimsund, Norway
A living museum working to keep the traditions of building and repairing handmade wooden boats, ropemaking, and blacksmithing alive.
Stavanger, Norway
Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.
Aurland, Norway
Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.
Aurland, Norway
A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.
Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Kvam, Norway
Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.
Flåm, Norway
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
Luster, Norway
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Whittier, Alaska
This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.
Wasilla, Alaska
Cold War missile site at high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, now a post-apocalyptic backdrop.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Anchorage, Alaska
A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances.