Venice, Italy
The Mad Colored Houses of Burano
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
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Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The deepest metro station in the world.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.
Kyiv, Ukraine
340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Messinia, Greece
Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Derwent Bridge, Australia
Carved panels tell the complete history of the harsh Central Highlands region.
Goulburn, Australia
Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.
West Ballina, Australia
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Bowen, Australia
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
Broken Hill, Australia
Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.
Sheffield, Australia
The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.
Pyengana, Australia
A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.
Woombye, Australia
A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
Bicheno, Australia
Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Kiama, Australia
This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Ansons Bay, Australia
Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
South Mount Cameron, Australia
A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.