Places Sarahtann Wants to Go

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

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

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.

A life-sized statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex made out of driftwood.

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You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

This ledge in Victoria Park served as a hiding spot for Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

A mysterious castle "in the clouds" has had many lives including a radar bunker, dog hotel, and conference center.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

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

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.