Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This coastal cavern is associated with the Hawaiian god of creation.

A small curiosity shop with items ranging from antique medical supplies to taxidermied animals.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

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

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

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

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

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

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

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

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

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

In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.

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

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

The poet's been ambling through these New York woods since 1940.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.