This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

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.

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

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

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

Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Asia is a monument to a disappearing community.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.