One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

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

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

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

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

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

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

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

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.