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

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

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

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

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

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

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.