A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

The remnants of a 1849 sunken ship lie underneath a building.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.