Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

High winds can make this one scary landing.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

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

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

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

A replica that won't float away.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

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

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.