An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Gander at model satellites and telescopes in this scientific lobby.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

This restored station garage allows visitors to step back in time at this remote outpost on the Nullarbor Plain.

The oldest operating picture gardens in the world.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

Let these towering termite-building structures tell you where to go.

Kakadu National Park is known for its stunning beauty and its rock art, which represents the longest historical records of any continuous civilization on Earth.

A metal skywalk leads to the top of this striking granite outcrop in Porongurup National Park.

A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.

The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.

The haunting remains of a beautiful old plant nursery founded in the 1850s.

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

This mini version of the famous Bohemian castle was lovingly built by a Czech immigrant and mineworker.

This whimsical garden filled with fairies and incredible creatures has been enchanting children—and adults—since the 1970s.

These glyphs have long been attributed to ancient Egyptians, or maybe they're just a hoax.

A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.

A miniature cathedral made of 20,948 tiny pieces of marble.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

Featuring Torres Strait Islander cuisine and Australia's first indigenous bar.