A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Originally made for a fruit festival in the area in 1998 this was then erected outside the railway station and is now one of Australia’s iconic “Big Things” right at the side of the highway.

The pillar of this bridge contains a small home and underneath, a ballroom.

A most unusual war memorial, erected by some most unusual people, made of concrete and stained glass, and apparently honouring five people and a dog.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

Once a farming community founded by the Italian survivors of an immigration scam, this colony is now a free camp and roadside attraction.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

A Buddhist temple on an artificial island that houses a monument to the fugu fish.

This site commemorates the life of a Japanese scientist who dedicated his life to the discovery of diseases.

Emerging from the sidewalk, this sculpture of a whale commemorates the importance of baleen in traditional Japanese puppetry.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

This small park holds what remains of a former prison and execution ground.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

Mythical beasts symbolizing the city of Tokyo guard a historic bridge.

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.