Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.

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

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.

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

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

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

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.