New Zealand's oldest prison holds a dark history and the scars of a deadly earthquake.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.

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

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

Nature's slip and slide.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.