This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

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

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

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

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

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

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

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.

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

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

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."