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

The largest model carrot in the world.

This incredible narrow-gauge mountain railway was created by a ceramic artist.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

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

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

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

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

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

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

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

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

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

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

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

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

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

Nature's slip and slide.

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