Places mooseontheloose Wants to Go

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

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

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

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

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

The personal charnel house of Anton Bruckner.

Mozart's skull may be held in this collection, but definitive proof continues to elude scientists.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

One of the best collections of wax anatomical models in the world.