Places ronnitheter Wants to Go

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Ecuador's first Catholic church was built by Spanish conquistadors in 1534.

These unusual stone structures are actually fish traps crafted by an ancient civilization.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

This outdoor sculpture gallery is a modern-day homage to Andean culture and history.

This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

Death road of Bolivia.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.