A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

An underground city of salt.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

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

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

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

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

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

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.