A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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.

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

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

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

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

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

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

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.