Places ASocialNomad Wants to Go

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

Not one, not two, but three natural bridges remain in this captivating spot post-sinkhole.

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

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

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

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

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

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

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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