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

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

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

An unusual snaking bank of boulders caused by longshore drift.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

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

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

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

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

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

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

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.