Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

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

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

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

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

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

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A land of debatable treasure.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.