Ecuador
Wall of Tears
Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.
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Ecuador
Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.
Quito, Ecuador
An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.
Agua Blanca, Ecuador
The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.
Ecuador
Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.
Vilcabamba, Ecuador
In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.
Ecuador
This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.
Tulcan, Ecuador
This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.
Ecuador
A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
El Alto, Bolivia
This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.
San Javier, Bolivia
This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.
La Paz, Bolivia
During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.
Oruro, Bolivia
This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.
La Paz, Bolivia
The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.
La Paz, Bolivia
Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.
La Paz, Bolivia
In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
A desert that evokes the surreal.
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.
Sucre, Bolivia
Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.
La Paz, Bolivia
A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.