The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

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

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.