New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

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

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

If it wasn’t for an innovative use of quilts during a crisis, the city of Panguitch might not exist today.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."