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Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.

Giant fake rocks that shielded Bond lie in wait for their next action scene.

Instead of using billboards, some people here relay their messages on the side of a mountain.

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

Dedicated to the first German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, this aging edifice is the only one of its kind in the Americas.

This sculpture pays homage to sailors that perished attempting to round Cape Horn.

The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

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

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

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

The world's most remote airport.

A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.