A sprawling beachfront burial ground for Aruba's departed pets.

This 15-foot red anchor sits on a rise overlooking the sea lanes of eastern Aruba.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

The Ayo Rock Formations stand out on the island of Aruba as a unique arrangement of giant boulders with interesting crawl spaces to explore.

See how aloe goes from field to store and discover the history of aloe cultivation in the Caribbean.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

Aruba’s first chapel.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

This iron building in the Amazon allegedly shares an architect with the Eiffel Tower.

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

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

A lookout spot for the Andean condor, at the edges of one of the deepest canyons in the world.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.