After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

A quirky hardware store filled with museum-worthy cars and motorcycles, including a motorcycle that set a land speed record in 1967.

A giant chain sculpture that plays on the Māori myth that Rakiura (Stewart Island) is an anchor stone chained to the South Island.

A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.

Towering earthen formations that rise straight out of the ground in New Zealand .

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

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

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 hidden gem of a museum that lets you search for your own fossils.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

This modern New Zealand attraction honors ancient forms of astronomy and scientific understanding.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

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

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.