Cairns, Australia
Cairns Library Bats
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
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Cairns, Australia
These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.
Cairns, Australia
This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Melbourne, Australia
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Port Campbell, Australia
A clear example of the process of erosion in action.
Aireys Inlet, Australia
A tribute to one man's encounter with a frightening cryptid.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Nye County, Nevada
The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Sandy, Utah
The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Wendover, Utah
A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.
Woolsey, Nevada
A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.
Reno, Nevada
A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.
Chiloquin, Oregon
All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.
Renton, Washington
The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.
Camp Sherman, Oregon
Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.
Seattle, Washington
The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
Libby, Montana
Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.
Arlee, Montana
This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.
Vienna, Austria
A neo-Gothic church built to thank God for saving the Emperor of Austria from an assassination.