One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

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

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

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

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

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

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

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

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

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

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

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.