Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

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

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.