Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

Spain's largest bullring offers a unique glimpse at architecture and history.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

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.

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

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

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

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.