Places davidhughes Wants to Go

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

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

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

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.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

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

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

A beachside monolith shaped by years of waves crashing against hard quartz.

Exotic, erotic, and esoteric, one artist's live-in Bali gallery brings a splash of color and madness to its surroundings.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

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

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.