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

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

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

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

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.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Luxurious devotion and 500,000 images of Buddha in Myanmar.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

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

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.