One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.