Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

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

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

It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.

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

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Founded by French colonists in 1919, this mountain resort has been transformed into one-of-a-kind theme park.

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

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

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

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.