Auckland, New Zealand
Maungawhau (Mount Eden)
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
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Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Hobart, Australia
Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Ghan, Australia
Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
New Salem, North Dakota
The world's largest Holstein cow.
Medicine Hat, Alberta
A standalone wonder amid the prairie badlands of southeastern Alberta.
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.
Banff, Alberta
The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.
Calgary, Alberta
A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."
Lerwick, Scotland
This audio art installation pays tribute to the weather and unique linguistic history of the archipelago.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.