Melbourne, Australia
The Nicholas Building
A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Wingen, Australia
Burning Mountain
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
Sydney, Australia
White Rabbit Gallery
It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.
Melbourne, Australia
Old Melbourne Gaol
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Sydney, Australia
Aboriginal Carving of a Whale
An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.
Melbourne, Australia
Coop's Shot Tower
This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.
Port Arthur, Australia
Port Arthur Penal Colony
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Melbourne, Australia
The Johnston Collection
A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.
Sydney, Australia
Justice and Police Museum
This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.
Mount Colah, Australia
Ancient Aboriginal Astronomy
An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.
St Kilda, Australia
St. Kilda Pier Penguin Colony
You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.
Sydney, Australia
Museum of Human Disease
Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Coober Pedy, Australia
Coober Pedy
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Sydney, Australia
Gould's Book Arcade
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Melbourne, Australia
Wunderkammer
The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.
Moskva, Russia
Perlov Teahouse on Myasnitskaya Street
A tea merchant built a dazzling Chinoiserie mansion in the 1890s to impress a Chinese ambassador
Rome, Italy
Madonna dell'Archetto
Hidden away in an alleyway, this diminutive chapel is said to be the smallest church in Rome
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany
The Herxheim Death Ritual Skeletons
Inside the Herxheim museum can be seen the horrifying remains of what were probably the victims of acts of prehistoric mass cannibalism
Kigali, Rwanda
Hôtel des Mille Collines
The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.
Budapest, Hungary
Galeria Otthon Áruház
A forgotten Art Deco department store in central Budapest, where faded socialist-era retail grandeur meets the haunting beauty of urban decay.
Tallinn, Estonia
St Catherine's Passage
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
Bramhall, England
Bramall Hall
This iconic building , which is very evocative of the county of Cheshire, is a genuine gem of Tudor, black and white, timber-framed architecture .
Wisbech, England
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
This great example of a Victorian museum claims to be the oldest purpose-built museum in the UK.
Berlin, Germany
Die Volkskammer
An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.
