This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

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

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

These tracks are believed to be from a panicked dinosaur stampede.

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.