Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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

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

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

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

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.