At this beautifully preserved Pre-Hispanic site, you can see ancient petroglyphs with depictions of llamas and alpacas.

Formerly a brutal Nazi colony, this Chilean village was remade as a (controversial) German-themed tourist trap.

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

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

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

This bright yellow bridge is a true engineering feat.

The antique vehicle is a preserved relic of Chile's nitrate mining industry.

South America's oldest surviving locomotive.

A monument of the man who spurred Copiapó's silver mining industry.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

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

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.

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

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

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