And God said, “Let there be a chicken-shaped church”. And there was a chicken-shaped church. 

Every year in West Timor, the traditional custodians of Mount Mutis harvest honey using an ancient, vertigo-inducing ritual that benefits everybody – including the bees.

The border between Canada and the U.S. isn’t only the longest in the world – it is also entirely tree-free. Here are the gardeners tasked with maintaining the tidiest lawn on the planet.

Every day, thousands of unwitting commuters in Sydney pass by two extra platforms, a network of tunnels and a WWII bomb shelter, all hidden behind one little door.

Whether they’re fashioned from shipping containers, manned by volunteer monks, or consumed by fire, these chapels look to heaven from the bottom of the world.

It’s the long weekend! (In the eastern states, at least.) To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of our favourite hikes and walks, to get you out in the sun.

Forget Mykonos: next time you’re in the Mediterranean, pay a visit to this shipwrecked smuggling ship.

Abandon all hope (and your vacuum cleaner). This Russian town’s got a sand problem that’ll bury the cleverest solution.

Did you know there’s an ancient, dried-out coastal system three hours inland from Adelaide? Our pals Left Foot Right Foot report.

Meet the men – and eagles – keeping Central Asia’s 4000-year-old tradition alive.