After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

Towering earthen formations that rise straight out of the ground in New Zealand .

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

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

A tower made from shell rock designed to commemorate fallen soldiers in World War I.

The largest model carrot in the world.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

New Zealand's most advertised nonexistent landmark

High winds can make this one scary landing.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

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

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

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

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

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.