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

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

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.