Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

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

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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.

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

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.