This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

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

Nature's slip and slide.

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

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

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

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

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

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

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