The world's first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary is a haven for New Zealand's rare and endangered species.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

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

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

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

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

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

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

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.

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

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.