A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.

A well kept and well documented look at the Bruneian Sultan's life and successes.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

This crocodile-infested Timor-Leste reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

This giant Christ statue was a failed attempt by Indonesia to dissuade East Timor from demanding independence.

These sacred totem houses connect the Fatakulu people with the spirits of their ancestors.

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

A micronation of epic proportions.

Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.

A town whose main resource was blue asbestos... what could possibly go wrong?

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

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

One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.