The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

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

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

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

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

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

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

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.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Here, at the "world's longest art gallery," you'll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.