The ship that got left behind.

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

These ancient monoliths make up one of the largest archaeological sites in Palau.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

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

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.