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An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

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

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

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

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

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

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

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

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