Places charleyspoons Wants to Go

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

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

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.

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

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

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

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

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

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

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

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

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

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

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