Places abbylynn Wants to Go

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.

A winding staircase that appears to lead to nowhere is actually a diving platform into the Wellington Harbour.

Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

This kinetic sculpture focuses the sounds of the city when you stand inside.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

The largest model carrot in the world.

A serene, almost spiritual place to do one's business. Who knew a public toilet could inspire and awe?

Leave a trinket at this artistic collection of mailboxes.

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.

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

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

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

A journey through a collection of classic cars and fashionable artwork.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.