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

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

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

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

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

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

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

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

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

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

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.