After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

The largest model carrot in the world.

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

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

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

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

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

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.