Queensland's largest dam includes a winding spillway that offers drivers a mesmerizing sight.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hand-made memorials and a wish-granting murderer lie within this seaside pauper's cemetery.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

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

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

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

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

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

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

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.