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

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

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

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

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

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.