This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

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

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.

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

This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.

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

Hand-made memorials and a wish-granting murderer lie within this seaside pauper's cemetery.

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

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

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 naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This is not your typical jungle gym.