From maqui pisco sours to mote-mushroom risotto, the “Mapuchef” elevates endemic ingredients and celebrates Mapuche foodways.

The largest cemetery in Chile is the final resting place for more than 2 million people, from politicians to artists.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

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

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

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

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

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

A charmingly unusual prefabricated metal church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

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

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

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.

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

A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

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