Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

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

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

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

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

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Unfinished monument to peace between Turkey and Armenia, long divided by a dispute over genocide.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

Every spring, locals see the shadowy figures of a ghost army of slain Greek soldiers descend upon this ruined fort.