At Paronella Park, elaborate Gaudí-esque structures covered in moss are encompassed by thousands of tropical trees and ferns. You couldn’t be blamed for wondering where on Earth you might be (or what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author at Paronella Park.Monica Humphries/Insider Paronella Park is home to an overgrown rainforest, moss-covered structures, ...

If I was going to travel nearly 9,000 miles from my Colorado home to Australia, there were a few adventures I was intent on having. I wanted to sip a spritzer at the famous Bondi Icebergs restaurant ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Since childhood, Spanish baker Jose Paronella had dreamt of ...

There's a castle hidden in a North Queensland rainforest, just next to a waterfall. The concrete structure is reminiscent of an ancient ruin, almost camouflaged by the towering greenery and trees that ...

"People come here to witness a beautiful place," says Jana, our guide at the incomparable Paronella Park in tropical North Queensland. "But they leave having witnessed the grand obsession of an ...

The owners of one of the Cassowary Coast’s best known tourist attractions are striving for even greater success after winning their first national award The Mena Creek tourist attraction, which has ...

A COUPLE who took a gamble on an abandoned castle ravaged by floods and cyclones have told how they rescued it from oblivion. Bought by Mark and Judy Evans in 1993, the former IT specialists turned ...

After two days on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, I traded in sunny oceans for shady rainforests and embarked deeper into Queensland, Australia. Read more: I went on a sailboat in the Great Barrier ...

The Mena Creek tourist attraction, which has won more than 30 awards at state level, picked up the award at the Australian Tourism Awards in Launceston, Tasmania on Friday. The historic park was also ...