New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

Nature's slip and slide.

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

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

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

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

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.

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

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

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

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.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.