A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

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

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

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.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.