Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

Formerly a brutal Nazi colony, this Chilean village was remade as a (controversial) German-themed tourist trap.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

Home of the "true" equator.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

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

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

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

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.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.