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An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

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

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

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

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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

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

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

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

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

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

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.