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New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

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

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

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

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

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

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

A 220-foot deep watery drop-off, filled with marine life.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

These eclectic homes nestled into the cliffs of a Caribbean island were built entirely from scavenged materials.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.