This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

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

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

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

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

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

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

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

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.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.