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Porangahau, New Zealand

The Longest Place Name In The World

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
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Ohope, New Zealand

Whakaari/White Island

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

Taupō McDonald's Airplane

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.
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Mount Creighton, New Zealand

Little Paradise Lodge

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.
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Waimangu, New Zealand

Frying Pan Lake

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.
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Kaukapakapa, New Zealand

Electrum

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.
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Lake Tarawera, New Zealand

Te Wairoa Buried Village

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.
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Makarau, New Zealand

Gibbs Farm

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
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Takaka, New Zealand

Te Waikoropupu Springs

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.
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Ohaupo, New Zealand

The Tree Church

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
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Fox Glacier, New Zealand

Fox Glacier

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.
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Singapore

Tanglin Hill Brunei Hostel

A abandoned hostel which was once home to Brunei's brightest students and present-day politicians.
Lana Velkov Added by Lana Velkov
Singapore

People's Park Complex

A manifestation of modernist architectural ideas, this massive, multi-purpose building was one of the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.
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Singapore

LASALLE Campus Green

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.
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Singapore

Soy Sauce Bottles of Sultan Mosque

A ring of soy sauce bottle bases decorate an important Singaporean landmark.
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Singapore

Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng

The confluence of modernist and traditional architecture in this religious complex reflects the history of both the living and the dead being uprooted, displaced, and rehoused.
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Singapore

Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club

Singapore's Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West is a social hotspot for songbirds and their humans.
Ellie Clin Added by Ellie Clin
Singapore

Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.
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Singapore

Changi Airport's Butterfly Garden

Watch butterflies take flight before you fly.
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Singapore

Southernmost Point of Continental Asia

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.
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Singapore

Krishna's Kitchen

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.
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Singapore

Kampong Lorong Buangkok

Singapore's last surviving traditional village is hidden among giant skyscrapers and modern infrastructure.
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Singapore

House of Tan Teng Niah

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.
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Singapore

World's First Salmon ATM

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.
IvyMike Added by IvyMike