Places The Sitch Wants to Go

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

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

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

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

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

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

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

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

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.

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

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.