Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

These unusual stone structures are actually fish traps crafted by an ancient civilization.

This overlooked, beautiful convent hides an original Hieronymus Bosch among its many treasures.

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

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

Home of the "true" equator.

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

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

A monument to Cuffy, a rebellious enslaved person who became a national hero in Guyana.

A brick arch is all that remains of this Dutch fort, once a focal point for colonial power struggles in Guyana.

The monument marks where Simón Bolívar and his Spanish adversary Pablo Morillo met to have a drink together.

A pyramidal marker where the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana meet on top of Mount Roraima.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

The 17th-century hacienda where Simón Bolívar spent his last days before dying from tuberculosis.

This unusual monument shows a naked Simón Bolívar stripped of clothing, medals, and swords.

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.