Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

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

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

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

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

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

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

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

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

A mosaic armchair and ottoman built from china broken in the Christchurch earthquakes.

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

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

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

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

A life-sized statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex made out of driftwood.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

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

One of the iconic moai of Rapa Nui stands guard in Lyall Bay as a symbol of the friendship between New Zealand and Chile.

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

This kinetic sculpture focuses the sounds of the city when you stand inside.

Leave a trinket at this artistic collection of mailboxes.