A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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

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.

It has an American Dream Car exhibit, Europe's largest Formula One collection, and many, many mannequins.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

The world's first motorway was used as a racetrack until the late 1990s.

The “Coin Cabinet of Dresden” houses a collection of over 300,000 numismatic artifacts, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

Hidden in plain sight on a gable between two towers on the roof of shipping firm F. Laeisz' headquarter in Hamburg sits an unexpected bronze sculpture.

The bridge that cost Germany a World Heritage Site.

A thought-provoking outdoor art installation sits in the seat of German law.

A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.

This giant glowing "beanpole" adds much-needed pops of color to an otherwise drab power plant.

This Late Gothic building that once housed Erasmus is now known as the filming location of "Suspiria."

This baroque palace displays an impressive collection of taxidermy, art, and rare objects from the days of courtly hunting.

Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

Oberweissbacher Bergbahn - a broad-gauged cable car capable transfering railcars.

A famed artist's inspiring work of peace and tolerance.