After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

A journey through a collection of classic cars and fashionable artwork.

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

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

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

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

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

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

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

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.