New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

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

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

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

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

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

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

A controversial blue hoop has been puzzling freeway drivers since 2013.

A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.

As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.

This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.