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

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

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.

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

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

This quaint museum taps into the sweet history of the maple syrup industry.

The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."