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

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

The Australian terminal of the Pacific Cable that linked the continent to North America.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

The pillar of this bridge contains a small home and underneath, a ballroom.

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.

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

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

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.

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

High winds can make this one scary landing.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

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

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

New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

A hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

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