Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

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

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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.

Critics argue this boab tree has been mislabeled for the sake of dark tourism, undermining its spiritual significance.

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

These sea cliffs are an epic natural wonder.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.