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Wellington, New Zealand

Moniac Machine

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.
Added by mbison
United States Minor Outlying Islands

Jarvis Ghost Island

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Tonga

Hunga Ha'apai New Volcano Island

Underwater volcanic eruption forms new island off the coast of Tonga.
anhie Added by anhie
Tonga

Republic of Minerva

A failed utopia, shut down by a more legitimate nation.
serflac Added by serflac
Howland Island

Earhart Light

The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Cook Islands

Suwarrow Atoll

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna

Ruins of Talietumu Fortress

The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Kiribati

Nikumaroro Island

Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.
Added by Sculptor
Apia, Samoa

To Sua Ocean Trench

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.
Hannah Frishberg Added by Hannah Frishberg
Apia, Samoa

Robert Louis Stevenson Museum

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.
jamesvachowski Added by jamesvachowski
Taga, Samoa

Alofaaga Blowholes

A site of natural wonder and flying coconuts in Samoa.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Samoa

Pulemelei Mound

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Gibraltar

Gibraltar Airport

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
bradenh83 Added by bradenh83
France

Clipperton Island

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.
atimian Added by atimian
Sandy Island

Sandy Island

This phantom island appeared on maps for over a century before amateur radio enthusiasts beat Google Earth to the punch in its "undiscovery."
Added by claude chappe
Spratly Islands

Spratly Islands

The most disputed archipelago in the world.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Vatican City

La Resurrezione

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Vatican City

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Vatican City

Stufetta del Bibbiena

The Vatican's secret porn-festooned bathroom was painted in erotic murals by one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Vatican City

Vatican Necropolis

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
danielrthorne Added by danielrthorne
Hot Water Beach, New Zealand

Hot Water Beach

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.
atimian Added by atimian
Kiama, Australia

Kiama Blowhole

This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.
whitney8251 Added by whitney8251
Bodalla, Australia

Big Cheese

Giant wheel of cheese marks a dairying village.
nbj914 Added by nbj914
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia

Eaglehawk Neck Tessellated Pavement

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black