These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

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

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

Carved panels tell the complete history of the harsh Central Highlands region.

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

A micronation of epic proportions.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.

The ruins of this Dutch castle sit atop a labyrinth of once-secret tunnels and passageways, dating back over 900 years.

A once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.