The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Towering earthen formations that rise straight out of the ground in New Zealand .

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

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

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

A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The gnarled remains of an exploded German bunker from World War II sit along a breathtaking fjord.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.