A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Visible from both land and sea.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

A small Australian farmhouse became an international icon after appearing on a Midnight Oil album cover.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

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

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

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

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.