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

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

What began as a makeshift lost and found, now exists as a unique art installation.

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

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

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

Celebrating the history of whiskey production during New Zealand's era of prohibition.

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

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

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

This museum/fur store is devoted to educating guests on how awful opossums can be.

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

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

Nature's slip and slide.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

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

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

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