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The Haunted Bookshop
Permanently Closed

Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Sifting for the perfect protection at the market

Bangkok, Thailand

Amulet Market

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

The Giant Koala

Dadswells Bridge, Australia

The Giant Koala

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

Larry the Lobster - and an idea of his scale (size & color)

Kingston SE, Australia

Larry The Red Big Lobster

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

Big Potato in Robertson, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Robertson, Australia

Big Potato

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

Merimbula, November 2019

Kiama, Australia

Big Poo

At five meters long, that is one big piece of foam poop.

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

Canberra, Australia

Phar Lap's Heart

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.

Gog and Magog and Gaunt's Clock

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.

Ned Kellys Armour

Melbourne, Australia

Ned Kelly's Armour

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

Illuminated at night by 97,000 bulbs

Mysore, India

Mysore Palace

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

Sir Edwin Arnold thought Hawa Mahal was "a vision of daring and dainty loveliness, of storeys of rosy masonry and delicate overhanging balconies and latticed windows. Soaring with tier after tier of fanciful architecture in a pyramidal form, a very mountain of airy and audacious beauty through the thousand pierced screens and gilded arches of which the Indian air blows cool over the flat roofs of the very highest house." As quoted in, Delhi Agra Jaipur, by Surendra Sahai.  See more at https://kimcarpenterphotos.smugmug.com/Hawa-Mahal-Jaipur-India/.

Jaipur, India

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Jantar Mantar

Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

A gang of monkeys relax near the temple. (robertbrauneis/Flickr)

Jaipur, India

Hanuman’s Temple

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

Big Gold Panner in Bathurst, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

West Bathurst, Australia

Big Gold Panner

Hopefully inspecting his tin pan for little nuggets of gold.

A stromatolite in Nettle Cave

Jenolan, Australia

Nettle Cave Tour in Klingon

The first tourist attraction to offer tours for interstellar tourists.

Big Miner's Lamp in Lithgow, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bowenfels, Australia

Big Miner's Lamp

Giant lamp houses the tourism information center.

Three Sisters

Katoomba, Australia

Three Sisters

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The Giant Stairway

Katoomba, Australia

The Giant Stairway

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

Pioneer Settlement

Swan Hill, Australia

Pioneer Settlement

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

Mungo National Park

Arumpo, Australia

Mungo National Park

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

(Flickr/F.d.W.)

Davenport, Australia

Devil's Marbles

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

Entrance to PJ's B and B, White Cliffs, New South Wales. (Wikimedia Commons)

White Cliffs, Australia

White Cliffs

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

Broken Hill Sculpture Symposium

Broken Hill, Australia

Broken Hill Sculpture Symposium

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.

Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy, Australia

Coober Pedy

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

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