Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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.

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

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

The world's largest reclining Buddha, the Giant Buddha of Mudon.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.