Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

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

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

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

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

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

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

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

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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.

A reportedly haunted 14th century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

Model aircraft soar over 360-degree views of the countryside at the start of England's oldest road.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.