Guildford, Australia
The Academy of Taxidermy
One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Sydney, Australia
The Lex and Ruby Graham Gardens
This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.
North Coogee, Australia
The South Fremantle Power Station
The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.
Melbourne, Australia
Old Melbourne Gaol
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Glenelg, Australia
Archer's Arcadia
Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.
Yallabatharra, Australia
Principality of Hutt River
A micronation of epic proportions.
Cowra, Australia
Japanese War Cemetery and Garden
Final resting place for hundreds of prisoners of war.
Mosman, Australia
Georges Head Battery
The yawning remains of a complex naval fortress still haunt this Australian shore.
Woombye, Australia
The Big Pineapple
A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.
Sydney, Australia
Eric the Pliosaur
The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.
Berriedale, Australia
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Sydney, Australia
Justice and Police Museum
This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.
Sheffield, Australia
Tasmania's 'Town of Murals'
The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.
Ballandean, Australia
Ballandean Pyramid
A huge stone pyramid built for fun.
Sydney, Australia
Waverley Cemetery
A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
Birdsville, Australia
The Birdsville Hotel
A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.
Surfers Paradise, Australia
Gold Coast Wax Museum and Chamber of Horrors
The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.
Permanently Closed
Davenport, Australia
Wycliffe Well
The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.
Reids Flat, Australia
Empire of Atlantium
The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.
Magnetic Island, Australia
Magnetic Island
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Broken Hill, Australia
Broken Hill Sculpture Symposium
Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.
Ularring, Australia
Inside Australia
A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.
Permanently Closed
Stanmore, Australia
Olympia Milk Bar
This odd 1930s shop remains stranded in time and shrouded in mystery.
Adelaide, Australia
Grave of the Tamam Shud Man
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
