The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.

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

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

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

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.