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

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs 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.

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

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

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

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

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

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

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

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system.

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.