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

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

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

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

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

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.

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.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

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

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.