Places hymeneinstein Wants to Go

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

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

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

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

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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

Nature's slip and slide.