This artificial lake was built to provide water for a planned facility that would treat tuberculosis patients.

From this modest childhood home, Ned Kelly went on to become Australia’s most infamous bushranger.

Somewhat controversial when first unveiled, this gathering of sea creatures has become a hidden gem.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

A historic model village was gifted from residents of London to Melbourne as thanks for their help during World War II.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

The largest collection of medicinal plants in Australia is also home to a witch who will show you how to use them.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

This school was established during the height of the Australian Gold Rush.

A memorial to one of the saddest stories in Victoria's history.

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