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This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

Home of the "true" equator.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

Explore the rich history of Colombia's Indigenous peoples.

An abandoned company town and cement factory outside of Bogotá, now haunted by ghosts and scofflaws.

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

This 16-foot, 6-ton statue in the singer's hometown doesn't actually look like her.

A rehabilitation center for some of South America's most unique and endangered animals.

This city park wants you to take your shoes off.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.