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Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

A journey through a collection of classic cars and fashionable artwork.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

Nature's slip and slide.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.