A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

Equipped with thousands of LED lights, this geodesic dome-shaped stadium is an engineering delight.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

A taste of Egypt on the outskirts of Geelong.

A stuffed, prize-winning ram is all that remains of a world-renowned stud line, and a reminder of its owner's gruesome end.

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

This Australian beach became famous when Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared from its shores.

A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.

The largest wine cellar in the world is a 150-mile network of underground caves near the capital of Moldova.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.