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

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

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

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

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.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.