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Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

Paris, France

Gustave Eiffel's Secret Apartment

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The Hieroglyphic Stairway.

Copán Ruinas, Honduras

Hieroglyphic Stairway of Copán

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The Australian Standing Stones

Glen Innes, Australia

Australian Standing Stones

A tribute to the Celtic nations that helped settle Australia.

Captain Thunderbolt Statue

Uralla, Australia

Captain Thunderbolt Statue

The last of the bushrangers in New South Wales.

Lt. James Cook Monument Cairn

Seventeen Seventy, Australia

Lt. James Cook Monument Cairn

A cairn commemorating James Cook's second landing in Australia.

Millaa Millaa Falls

Millaa Millaa, Australia

Millaa Millaa Waterfall

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.

Childers Backpacker Memorial

Childers, Australia

Childers Backpacker Memorial

This former hostel is now an art gallery and a memorial for 15 backpackers who lost their lives to a tragic act of arson.

Sovereign Hill

Golden Point, Australia

Sovereign Hill

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

Echuca Wharf

Echuca, Australia

Echuca Wharf

A timber wharf that contributed to Echuca becoming the largest inland port in 19th-century Australia.

Sunrise at the summit of Mount Kosciuszko

Thredbo, Australia

Mount Kosciuszko Summit

The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.

The monument, pictured without the gate.

Robe, Australia

Robe Chinese Monument

A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.

Bunyip emerging from the depths.

Murray Bridge, Australia

Murray Bridge Bunyip

An animatronic tribute to a legendary half-man, half-fish creature.

Richmond Bridge

Richmond, Australia

Richmond Bridge

It's beautiful, it's haunted and its claim to fame is that it's the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Australia.

Mary Poppins Statue

Maryborough, Australia

Mary Poppins Statue

A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.

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.

Ned Kelly Animatronic Museum

Glenrowan, Australia

Ned Kelly Animatronic Museum

A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.

The Big Beer Can in Cobar. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cobar, Australia

Big Beer Can

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.

Big Lamb in Guyra, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Guyra, Australia

Big Lamb

Monument to the area's potato and lamb industries.

Geelong Bollards

Geelong, Australia

Geelong Bollards

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

Darwin oil storage tunnel.

Darwin, Australia

Darwin Oil Storage Tunnels

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia.

Canberra, Australia

Phar Lap's Heart

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.

Nobbys Head

Stockton, Australia

The Nobbys Gunpowder Tunnels

A series of gun powder chambers currently hidden from view within Nobbys Headland in Newcastle, Australia.

Former fire station no 1 and its Watch Tower

Melbourne, Australia

Fire Services Museum of Victoria

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

The Shine Dome

Canberra, Australia

The Shine Dome

This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.

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