An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

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

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

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

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

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

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

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”