A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

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

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

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

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.