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

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

This kinetic sculpture focuses the sounds of the city when you stand inside.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

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

Quotes and poems etched on stone plaques are hidden along this waterfront walkway.

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

A winding staircase that appears to lead to nowhere is actually a diving platform into the Wellington Harbour.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

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.

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

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

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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.

The Catlins region has a bounty of breathtaking waterfalls, the best is arguably Koropuku Falls—a majestic waterfall with an enchanting bush walk.