Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

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

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.