Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

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

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

Over two million dolls have been healed during this hospital's century in business.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.