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

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

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

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.