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

Nature's slip and slide.

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

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

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

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.

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

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.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.