Places bethanyherron Wants to Go

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

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

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

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

The largest model carrot in the world.

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

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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

Leave a trinket at this artistic collection of mailboxes.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

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

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.