New Zealand
Emerald Lakes (Ngarotopounamu)
These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.
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New Zealand
These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.
Taupō, New Zealand
Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.
Hot Water Beach, New Zealand
Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Carnoët, France
A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Giethoorn, Netherlands
This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
Hinte, Germany
The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Bremen, Germany
A spitting ode to a German serial killer.
Bremen, Germany
A stunning gilt bronze relief denounced by Hitler as "degenerate art"—even though it was dedicated to the Nazi leader.
Pilane, Sweden
This Swedish sculpture park is a unique combination of ancient ruins and modern art.
Nordstrand, Germany
A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.
Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.
Simrishamn, Sweden
The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.