A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.

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

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

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.