A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

An ancient Roman snake god, carved expertly into stone.

After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.

Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.

This public art is inspired by a local Aboriginal creation story.

Home of the world's largest crocodile.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

This island at Coburg Lake Reserve is home to a sizable, very visible colony of Australian white ibis.