Puerto Inca, Peru
The Boiling River of the Amazon
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
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Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Píllaro, Ecuador
The devil masks on display at this small museum are part of an annual festival that has been taking place for centuries.
Ecuador
Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.
Quito, Ecuador
The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.
Quito, Ecuador
Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.
Puerto Misahuallí, Ecuador
An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.
Argentina
The island houses the ruins of a secret nuclear fusion lab that once employed high-profile Nazi scientists
Belén de Escobar, Argentina
A mysterious, almost perfectly circular floating island gyrating inside a likewise circular lake
Llao Llao, Argentina
One of South America's most exclusive resorts has a storied history dating back to World War II.
Tandil, Argentina
A replica of a beloved, delicately-balanced granite boulder.
Argentina
Are they the remains of a fallen hotel, or the final stronghold for escaped Nazis?
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A memorial to the victims of Argentina's "Dirty War."
Nono, Argentina
One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.
La Falda, Argentina
This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.
Cachi, Argentina
A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.
Villa Gesell, Argentina
"Di amigo y entra" at this Argentinian Middle Earth-inspired pub.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.
Ushuaia, Argentina
The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…
González Catán, Argentina
An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.
Argentina
Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.