A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

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

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s. 

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

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

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

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

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

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

A museum dedicated to telling lies in service of the truth.

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.

The oldest observatory in West Australia.

This poignant site pays tribute to one of Australia’s greatest actors.

A feat of railway engineering required to bypass a muddy quagmire.

This 1800s former railway tunnel is now part of a heritage walking trail.

This antique store and museum features unusual items from all corners of the world.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.