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

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

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

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

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

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

A network of fortifications that never saw conflict.

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

This faded sign to nowhere is a beloved icon in New Zealand.

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