Frutillar, Chile
German Colonial Museum
A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.
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Frutillar, Chile
A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.
Valdivia, Chile
A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.
Valdivia, Chile
A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
Panguipulli, Chile
This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.
Concepción, Chile
The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.
Concepción, Chile
The imposing piece of artwork is a celebration of Pan-American fraternity.
Concepción, Chile
Full-scale dinosaurs dominate the forested park in the middle of Chile’s second city.
Concepción, Chile
Dedicated to the first German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, this aging edifice is the only one of its kind in the Americas.
Lota, Chile
The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.
Santiago, Chile
A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.
Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Santiago, Chile
This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.
Santiago, Chile
This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.
Santiago, Chile
It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.
Santiago, Chile
Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.
Santiago, Chile
The largest cemetery in Chile is the final resting place for more than 2 million people, from politicians to artists.
Santiago, Chile
This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.
Santiago, Chile
A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.
Las Heras Department, Argentina
Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.
San José de Maipo, Chile
Locals visit this abandoned train tunnel where a man took his own life to ask favors of his spirit.
Valparaiso, Chile
What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.
Valparaiso, Chile
Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.
Viña del Mar, Chile
Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.