Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

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

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

The Australian terminal of the Pacific Cable that linked the continent to North America.

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

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

This arch celebrates the romantic memories of those who danced at the Cloudland Ballroom.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

The origins of a large, medieval castle are shrouded in mystery, but now it's a delightful garden.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

The home of a neoclassical master is now a shrine to his chosen art style.

Destroyed numerous times, this centuries-old bridge has always been rebuilt with its original design.

Featuring the last fully walkable parapet walkway in Europe.