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Raymond Island, Australia

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
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Mena Creek, Australia

Paronella Park

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Sydney, Australia

Paddington Reservoir Gardens

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.
Added by marthabwiley
Sydney, Australia

Cactus and Succulent Garden

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.
Added by Livia Polcz
Sydney, Australia

Beehive Casemate

A defensive fortification carved into a cliff near Sydney Harbour.
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St Leonards, Australia

Gore Hill Cemetery

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.
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Sydney, Australia

Water Dragons of the Chinese Garden of Friendship

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.
Added by joerubin
Sydney, Australia

Waverley Cemetery

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
JesseMan Added by JesseMan
Sydney, Australia

Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Added by EdHinDC
Sydney, Australia

Justice and Police Museum

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.
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Sydney, Australia

Purikura Photoland

People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.
Liz Jameson Added by Liz Jameson
Sydney, Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
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Sydney, Australia

Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Added by mbison
Sydney, Australia

Gould's Book Arcade

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Athens, Greece

Valerian Wall at Niche Hotel

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.
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Cáceres, Spain

The 'Astronaut' of Casar

A strange anthropomorphic stele with a mysterious inscription that has never been deciphered.
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Cáceres, Spain

Don Alvaro Alley

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.
Luis Morato Added by Luis Morato
Bucharest, Romania

Chiajna Monastery

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.
Lana Velkov Added by Lana Velkov
Tirana, Albania

Bunk’Art 2

In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Madrid, Spain

'El Barrendero'

This sculpture pays homage to the street sweepers of Madrid since its inauguration in 2001 in Plaza Jacinto Benavente.
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Ravenna, Italy

Dante's Tomb

Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Added by lastpearl
Ravenna, Italy

Flooded Crypt of San Francesco

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Added by Nikel
St Neot, England

Carnglaze Caverns

A haunted slate mine turned concert hall and a hidden fairy garden.
Katie Ness Added by Katie Ness
Colnbrook, England

The Ostrich Inn

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden