Newport, Rhode Island
Touro Cemetery
The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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Newport, Rhode Island
Touro Synagogue
Oldest synagogue in the United States.
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Tian Tan Buddha
Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
Guildford, Australia
The Academy of Taxidermy
One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.
Sydney, Australia
Waverley Cemetery
A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
Sydney, Australia
Mortuary Station
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Sydney, Australia
Purikura Photoland
People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.
Sydney, Australia
White Rabbit Gallery
It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Permanently Closed
Melbourne, Australia
The Haunted Bookshop
Occult books, tarot, oddities.
Melbourne, Australia
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek
A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.
Melbourne, Australia
Ned Kelly's Armour
The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.
Melbourne, Australia
Wunderkammer
The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.
Melbourne, Australia
Gog and Magog
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
Melbourne, Australia
Cow Up a Tree
This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.
Mount Dandenong, Australia
William Ricketts Sanctuary
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mary Tyler Moore Statue
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ax-Man Surplus
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park)
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Asheville, North Carolina
The Grove Park Inn
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Lake Lure
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
