Wellington, New Zealand
Colossal Squid
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
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Wellington, New Zealand
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
Dunedin, New Zealand
One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.
Rotorua, New Zealand
Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.
Punakaiki, New Zealand
This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.
New Zealand
Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.
Slope Point, New Zealand
The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
Lake Tarawera, New Zealand
A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Takaka, New Zealand
Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.
Waipu, New Zealand
A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.
Wanaka, New Zealand
A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.
Castle Hill, New Zealand
The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
On a desolate hill overlooking McMurdo Station, a statue of the Virgin Mary stands inside a curved iron frame.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
This uniquely shaped slab of volcanic rock has been used by generations of Antarctic explorers.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.
Antarctica
A chilly monument dedicated to the French explorer, Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.