This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

Skeletons, medical artifacts, and other obscure and precious treasures all displayed in a wooden pharmacist's cabinet.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

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

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

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

Nature's slip and slide.

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

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

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