Places Catexboom Wants to Go

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

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

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

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

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

Wellington’s longest, fastest, and steepest slide offers incredible views of New Zealand's capital.

A burial ground for workers at one of Hawai'i's largest sugarcane producers that laid buried for decades.

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

This "sausage route" features gorgeous views and family-owned restaurants.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Drift through underground caves on a tube.

Built some 700 years ago, this Taíno ceremonial site features ball courts, petroglyphs, and evidence of ancient astronomy practices.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

This memorial to a family's dead son has survived a century of hurricanes and earthquakes.

This sustainable, family-run farm just outside of San Juan makes for a dreamy daytrip.

Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

The crumbling remnants of this 19th-century quarantine hospital hint at the touristy island's darker past.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.