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.

A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.

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

In an Auckland neighborhood, looming chopsticks lift noodles from the sidewalk.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

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

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

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

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

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

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

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

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

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.