Places lensofsteve Wants to Go

Formerly a brutal Nazi colony, this Chilean village was remade as a (controversial) German-themed tourist trap.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

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

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

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

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

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

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

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

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

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

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.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

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

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

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

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.