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Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

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

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

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On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.

By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.

The yawning remains of a complex naval fortress still haunt this Australian shore.

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.