The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

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

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

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