Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.