Auckland, New Zealand
Maungawhau (Mount Eden)
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
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Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Wellington, New Zealand
These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.
Kamo, New Zealand
An unsigned roadside spring that is pure fun.
Whangārei, New Zealand
A heritage park that explores the history and ecology of Whangārei.
Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Te Pahu, New Zealand
Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Whangamōmona, New Zealand
This remote highway took over 50 years to build.
Ohakune, New Zealand
The largest model carrot in the world.
Taihape, New Zealand
Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.
Bulls, New Zealand
The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.
Wingen, Australia
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
Duvauchelle, New Zealand
A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.
Ballandean, Australia
Originally made for a fruit festival in the area in 1998 this was then erected outside the railway station and is now one of Australia’s iconic “Big Things” right at the side of the highway.
Ballandean, Australia
A huge stone pyramid built for fun.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Sydney, Australia
A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.
McMinnville, Oregon
A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.
Los Angeles, California
Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49