A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

A defensive fortification carved into a cliff near Sydney Harbour.

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.

Ninety years of Sydney buses under one roof.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.