Agua Blanca, Ecuador
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The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.
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Agua Blanca, Ecuador
The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.
Guapán, Ecuador
Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.
Vilcabamba, Ecuador
In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.
Ecuador
Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.
Caracas, Venezuela
The world's tallest slum.
Caracas, Venezuela
This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.
Caracas, Venezuela
Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Merida, Venezuela
Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Montevideo, Uruguay
The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."
Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay
Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.
Maldonado, Uruguay
Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Once a popular hangout spot this huge mall was left to ruin after economic crash.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
An abandoned lighthouse off the beaten path, one of the few surviving pre-World War II Japanese structures, offers a beautiful view.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
This jail once controlled by the Japanese military now sits abandoned on a remote Pacific island.
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
In ancient times, these fallen standing stones supported a massive house.
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
A crystal clear beach surrounded by beautiful coral reefs.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.