Zarcero, Costa Rica
Parque Francisco Alvarado
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
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Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
Juan Fernández, Chile
Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.
Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Rapa Nui, Chile
This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.
Panguipulli, Chile
This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.
Refugio Villarrica, Chile
One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Lampa, Peru
This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Luya, Peru
An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.
Peru
White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
Pasco, Peru
Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
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.
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.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Falkland Islands
This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.