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Rinoceronte

Brescia, Italy

Rinoceronte di Piazza Vittoria

This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.

Poás Volcano caldera, September 2019 (2 weeks before several small eruptions)

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Poás Volcano

A park that allows you to get up close and personal with one of the world's largest open volcanic craters.

BD Bacatá in 2015

Bogotá, Colombia

BD Bacatá

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

Armero, Colombia

Armero, Colombia

Armero, Colombia

A town half-submerged in volcanic mud has become a pilgrimage site for devotees of one of the tragedy's victims.

Castillo Pittamiglio

Montevideo, Uruguay

Castillo Pittamiglio

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

Mausoleo de Artigas.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Mausoleo de Artigas

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

Cafe Brasilero.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Café Brasilero

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

Palacio Salvo

Montevideo, Uruguay

Palacio Salvo

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

El Faro and the ruins of the convent.

Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay

Colonia del Sacramento Lighthouse

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

Cabildo de Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

Cabildo de Córdoba

One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

Strange House

Cafayate, Argentina

Strange House

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

The schoolhouse of Humberstone, The Gourmet Family

Tamarugal, Chile

The Nitrate Towns of Chile

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

The logo as seen via satellite

Arica, Chile

World's Largest Coca-Cola Logo

70,000 empty bottles of Coke comprise an ad seen only from the air.

Tinoco Tunnel

San José de Maipo, Chile

Tinoco Tunnel

Locals visit this abandoned train tunnel where a man took his own life to ask favors of his spirit.

Tombs of Sipán

Lambayeque, Peru

Tombs of Sipán

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

Tile depicting the Moche creator god, Ayapec.

Moche, Peru

Huaca de la Luna

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

Marionettes hanging in Trujillo's toy museum.

Trujillo, Peru

Museo del Juguete

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

La Chascona

Santiago, Chile

La Chascona

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

Cerro Fitz Roy

El Chaltén, Argentina

Cerro Fitz Roy

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

House, art gallery, and museum.

Puerto Varas, Chile

Pablo Fierro Museum

This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.

The watermill.

Frutillar, Chile

German Colonial Museum

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

Malleco viaduct.

Collipulli, Chile

Malleco Viaduct

This bright yellow bridge is a true engineering feat.

Haunting and overgrown.

Concepción, Chile

Enrique Molina Theater

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

The museum is in the old Royal Customs House.

Santiago, Chile

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art)

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

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