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The strange bronze artifact perplexed scholars for more than a century, including how it traveled so far from home.

A curated collection of images shows why this natural phenomenon has fascinated and inspired humans for millennia.

A couple and their young daughter hike the South Island's Hollyford Track, enduring rough terrain and vicious sand flies for a glimpse of an untamed world.

Atlas Obscura’s Senior Trips Program Manager, Becca Glatz, speaks about our amazing trip “Natural Wonders of New Zealand’s North Island” and the country in general.

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