Muriwai, New Zealand
Muriwai Gannet Colony
New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.
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Muriwai, New Zealand
New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.
Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Auckland, New Zealand
In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.
Rere, New Zealand
Nature's slip and slide.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Te Pahu, New Zealand
Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.
Lake Tarawera, New Zealand
A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.
Waimangu, New Zealand
The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.
Waimangu, New Zealand
Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Napier, New Zealand
This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.
Turangi, New Zealand
Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.
Puponga, New Zealand
This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.
Porangahau, New Zealand
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.
Nelson, New Zealand
The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.
Cape Palliser, New Zealand
These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.
Wellington, New Zealand
A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.
Wellington, New Zealand
A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.
Melbourne, Australia
The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.