A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

Australia's only intact colonial warship never saw action before being turned into a scenic wreck.

Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

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

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

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

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

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

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

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

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

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

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

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