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

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

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

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

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

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

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

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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

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