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

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

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

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

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

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

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

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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

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