The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

Underwater volcanic eruption forms new island off the coast of Tonga.

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.

The cafe that acts as the social hub for the small volcanic island of HMS Bounty fame.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.