Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.

A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

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

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

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

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

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.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.