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

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

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

High winds can make this one scary landing.

A journey through a collection of classic cars and fashionable artwork.

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

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

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

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

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

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

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

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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