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

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

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

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

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

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

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

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

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

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

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

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

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

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

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

Nature's slip and slide.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

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