Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

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

The unique work of art celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1988 World Expo.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

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

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

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

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.

Ninety years of Sydney buses under one roof.

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

The largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere.

These glyphs have long been attributed to ancient Egyptians, or maybe they're just a hoax.

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