New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

The largest model carrot in the world.

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.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

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

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.