High winds can make this one scary landing.

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

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

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

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

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

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

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

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

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

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.