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

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

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

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

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

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

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

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

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.