One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

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

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

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

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

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

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

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