Plastic pups and their colorful homes greet travelers on this otherwise ordinary Australian street.

This ancient rock shelter features cave art and is one of the most culturally important sites in the country.

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

Stone mined from this quarry was used in many prominent structures around Melbourne.

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

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.

This stone obelisk commemorates the discovery of the world's largest gold nugget.

This Franklinford, Australia site was once home to one of the remotest churches of its faith—in the fictional world of the Kcymaerxthaere.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.

Home to one of the most popular teams in Scottish football history.

A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Also known as "Robin Hood's tree," this tree became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down in an act of vandalism.