Places RecklessThor Wants to Go

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

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

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

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

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

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

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

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."

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

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

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

This abandoned, partly demolished building is now home to beautiful graffiti and murals.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.