Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

An unsigned roadside spring that is pure fun.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

It took millions of years for these rocks to resemble their mammalian counterparts.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

Nature's slip and slide.

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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