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

The largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere.

A rare and unique 19th-century pastoral burial site elevated off the ground.

Constructed in 1857, mourners used these towers to burn offerings of paper prayers and gifts for the afterlife.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

A distinctive monument for this former world champion takes the form of a billiards table, complete with balls and cue.

A self-taught Siberian craftsman creates a fantastical and personal design for his 19th century village house.

Natives of this mud-brick desert village use an ancient irrigation system to grow sweet, seedless grapes.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.