A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

Red rock "fangs" jut out of the desert near the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.