Places Foods Stories Newsletters
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...

No search results found for
“”

Make sure words are spelled correctly.

Try searching for a travel destination.

Places near me Random place

Popular Destinations

  • Paris
  • London
  • New York
  • Berlin
  • Rome
  • Los Angeles
Places Foods Stories Newsletters
Sign In Join

Pengwn

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

0 Followers · 0 Following

Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

My Travel Badges

  • Badge Earned!

    West Virginia Destination Challenge

    West Virginia Adventurer

    As part of the West Virginia Destination Challenge, this badge celebrates your deeper exploration of West Virginia's remarkable places. Your journey has taken you beyond the highlights to uncover even more of what makes the Mountain State extraordinary.

  • Badge Earned!

    First Contribution

    First Contribution

    This badge celebrates your first contribution to the Atlas Obscura community and the role you play in helping others discover wonder.

    25 Contributions
    Next Badge: 25 Contributions Make 25 total contributions to earn your next badge.
  • Badge Earned!

    25 Contributions

    25 Contributions

    This badge celebrates your first 25 contributions to the Atlas Obscura community and the role you play in helping others discover wonder.

    100 Contributions
    Next Badge: 100 Contributions Make 100 total contributions to earn your next badge.

Places Pengwn Wants to Go

  • Been
  • Want to Go
  • Recommendations
  • Stories
  • Countries
  • US States
  • Added
  • Edited
  • Lists
  • Tried
  • Want to Try
3946

Places I want to go

Places on this traveler's wishlist.

The Big Prawn.

West Ballina, Australia

The Big Prawn

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

Moonbi's Big Chook. (Panoramio)

Moonbi, Australia

Big Chook

Fiberglas monument to Moonbi's poultry industry.

Big Golden Guitar in Tamworth, Australia.

Hillvue, Australia

Big Golden Guitar

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

Big Avocado. (Wikimedia Commons)

Duranbah, Australia

Big Avocado

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

Big Lamb in Guyra, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Guyra, Australia

Big Lamb

Monument to the area's potato and lamb industries.

Giant Pink Slugs of Mount Kaputar

Kaputar, Australia

Giant Pink Slugs of Mount Kaputar

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

Famous marker of a Queensland farm (Flickr/marj k)

Woombye, Australia

The Big Pineapple

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

Lake McKenzie

Fraser Island, Australia

Lake McKenzie / Boorangoora

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Tanami East, Australia

Drunken Australian Parrots

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

Black-footed Rock Wallaby.

Desert Springs, Australia

Olive Pink Botanic Garden

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.

Welcome to Wycliffe Well
Permanently Closed

Davenport, Australia

Wycliffe Well

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

(Flickr/F.d.W.)

Davenport, Australia

Devil's Marbles

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

Capricorn Caves

The Caves, Australia

Capricorn Caves

A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

The entrance to the Birdsville Hotel. (via Wikipedia)

Birdsville, Australia

The Birdsville Hotel

A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.

The Big Meat Ant.

Augathella, Australia

Big Meat Ant

Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.

One of many cases of butterflies at the Daintree Entomological Museum.

Diwan, Australia

Daintree Entomological Museum

Australia's largest collection of rare and bizarre insects.

Whitehaven Beach

Whitsundays, Australia

Whitehaven Beach

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

Crocodile keeper George Craig feeding Cassius

Green Island, Australia

Marineland Melanesia

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

Bats outside Cairns library.

Cairns, Australia

Cairns Library Bats

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

The Big Mango

Bowen, Australia

The Big Mango

One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.

Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways

Opalton, Australia

Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways

These tracks are believed to be from a panicked dinosaur stampede.

Wineglass Bay. (prasitmankad/Flickr)

Freycinet, Australia

Wineglass Bay

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

The loneliest tree sticks out among the low-lying, wind-battered vegetation of Campbell Island.

Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand

World's Loneliest Tree

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

(Flickr/Eliduke)

Hot Water Beach, New Zealand

Hot Water Beach

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

Previous Page 22 of 165 Next

Get Our Email Newsletter

Follow Us

Facebook YouTube TikTok Instagram Pinterest RSS Feed

Get the app

Download the App
Download on the Apple App Store Get it on Google Play
  • All Places
  • Latest Places
  • Most Popular
  • Places to Eat
  • Random
  • Nearby
  • Add a Place
  • Stories
  • Food & Drink
  • Itineraries
  • Lists
  • Video
  • Podcast
  • Newsletters
  • All Trips
  • Membership
  • Feedback & Ideas
  • Community Guidelines
  • Product Blog
  • Unique Gifts
  • Work With Us
  • About
  • FAQ
  • Advertise With Us
  • Advertising Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
Atlas Obscura

© 2026 Atlas Obscura. All Rights Reserved.