What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

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.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

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

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

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

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

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.