A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Death road of Bolivia.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.