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Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

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

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

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.

A neo-Gothic castle in the Argentinian countryside.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

The island that holds the world-record for largest human massacre caused by animals.

A Buddha-filled cave that is named after a giant monster spider.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

Caves full of Buddhist statues, incredible rock formations and a deserted lagoon.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.