This scenic waterfront swimming pool is the longest salt water pool in North America.

This egg-shaped treehouse was inspired by "sport sleeping."

A charmingly eccentric magma chaser presents his complete history of the island's eruptions since 1947, in cinematic form, just for you.

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

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.

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

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

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This eclectic architectural gem played witness to Zurich’s colonial past.

Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The place that allegedly inspired James Hilton's depiction of Shangri-La.