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

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

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

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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."

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.

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

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.