The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

This breathtaking national park is one of the best places to see the weird and wonderful giant anteater in the wild.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."

This giant mural of Santa Muerte in downtown São Paulo reminds passersby of their own mortality.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.