A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.

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

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

The taxidermy remains of the mighty beast made famous by a Crocodile Dundee film.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

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

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

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

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

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

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.