Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Home of the "true" equator.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

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

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

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

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

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

70,000 empty bottles of Coke comprise an ad seen only from the air.

Death road of Bolivia.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…