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

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

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

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

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

A powerful cyclone once made one of the world's largest sinkholes completely fill with water.

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.

This seemingly random 30-foot statue of an oryx in Qatar's capital was a mascot for the 2006 Asian Games.