The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

A life-sized statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex made out of driftwood.

The largest model carrot in the world.

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

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

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

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

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.