New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

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

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

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

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

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

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

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

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

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.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.