A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

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

The largest model carrot in the world.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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

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.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.