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

Nature's slip and slide.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

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

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

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

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

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

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.