Oslo, Norway
Oslo Opera House
The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.
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Oslo, Norway
The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.
Athens, Greece
A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Athens, Greece
The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Athens, Greece
The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.
Athens, Greece
Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.
Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Sydney, Australia
This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
Roadside display for a popular fruit and vegetable stand.
South Wharf, Australia
This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.
Cairns, Australia
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
West Ballina, Australia
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
Melbourne, Australia
One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.
Bowen, Australia
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
Sydney, Australia
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Melbourne, Australia
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
Woombye, Australia
A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
Melbourne, Australia
This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."