Places CaveVex Wants to Go

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 network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

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

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

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

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

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

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

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

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

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

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

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.