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

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

This odd 1930s shop remains stranded in time and shrouded in mystery.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

The first tourist attraction to offer tours for interstellar tourists.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.