A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.

The forgotten and tragic story of the thousands of female convicts forcibly transported to Tasmania is told inside the ruins of this notorious 19th-century workhouse.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A small museum dedicated to taking the taboo out of all things related to poo.

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

This small seaside reserve supposedly inspired a young Errol Flynn to take the nautical adventures that would define him on and off the silver screen.

A faceless folk hero and his legacy of comfortable, expertly-crafted chairs lives on in a small Tasmanian town.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

Many rock climbers have come to conquer this slender sea stack, with various degrees of success.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

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

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.