Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

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

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

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

Nature's slip and slide.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

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

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

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

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

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.