Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Walk on a glass floor suspended over ancient mummified remains.

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

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

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

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

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

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

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

A rotating nine-course menu offers delicious deep-dives into the foodways of Chilean agricultural valleys.

A shoreline exhibit describing the disastrous first attempt by the French to colonize North America.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.