Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

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

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

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

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

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

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

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

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

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

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.