This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A beautiful red-faced slot canyon in northern New Mexico.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

This is one really big nut.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

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

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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

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

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.