Australia's oldest artists' colony.

Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.

A potpourri of rocks, fossils, and crystals is rounded out by a dinosaur garden and a 15-foot great white shark.

Somewhat controversial when first unveiled, this gathering of sea creatures has become a hidden gem.

One of the most successful gold mines of the Victorian gold rush.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This museum is home to one of the largest private collections of seashells in Australia.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

This mysterious Bronze Age standing stone has become a place where couples profess their love.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The eerie ruins of this feudal fortress witnessed the execution of 60 conspirators in 1387.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.