Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.