Places bertshetler Wants to Go

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Nature's slip and slide.

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

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

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

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

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

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.