Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

This giant, granite purse is one of Melbourne's most unique and distinctive pieces of public art.

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

Walk through abandoned anti-Russian military tunnels on this volcano at the head of Auckland Harbor.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

A neon-illuminated statue of James Cook at the edge of a historical Auckland wharf makes for an unexpected discovery.

This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.

A bronze statue to commemorate an Auckland library's beloved feline resident.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.