Punta Arenas, Chile
Port Famine
The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.
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Punta Arenas, Chile
The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.
Punta Arenas, Chile
A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.
Bolivia
This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.
Campamento Geotermico Corfo, Chile
The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.
Toconao, Chile
This 18th-century tower is locally iconic.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A surprisingly detailed model of the world's most powerful radio telescope.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.
Antofagasta, Chile
Giant fake rocks that shielded Bond lie in wait for their next action scene.
Antofagasta Province, Chile
In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.
Antofagasta, Chile
Instead of using billboards, some people here relay their messages on the side of a mountain.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Punta Arenas, Chile
An hour south of Punta Arenas (Chile) along the Strait of Magellan, a Kcymaerxthaere plaque tells the story of Culev Larsze, cursed to live without words in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
El Calafate, Argentina
This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.
El Chaltén, Argentina
The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.
London, England
The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.