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

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

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

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

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

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

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

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

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

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

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

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

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

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

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

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

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