Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

This South Pacific volcano has been blowing its stack for over 800 years and is said to be home to a cult leader waiting to be reborn.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

The ship that got left behind.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

A gorgeous gem on the ocean.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

A beautiful waterway tucked in the corner of a power plant.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

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

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

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

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

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.