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

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

People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.

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

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

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

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

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

For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

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

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

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

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

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

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.