In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

In the heart of Medellín, an artsy urban complex sets the stage for demonstrations and protests.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

The only structure in a remote mountain pass, these colorful cubes are visible from miles away.