Varginha, Brazil
Nave Espacial de Varginha
This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.
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Varginha, Brazil
This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.
Catas Altas, Brazil
This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.
Chaves, Brazil
Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.
Aveiro, Brazil
Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.
Pernambuco, Brazil
The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.
Vila de São Jorge, Brazil
These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.
São Paulo, Brazil
The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Bonito, Brazil
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Oruro, Bolivia
This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.
La Paz, Bolivia
In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.
La Paz, Bolivia
The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
A desert that evokes the surreal.
Copacabana, Bolivia
Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Azul, Argentina
This colossal structure and its accompanying angel often play tricks on the eyes.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.
Villa Gesell, Argentina
"Di amigo y entra" at this Argentinian Middle Earth-inspired pub.
Béccar, Argentina
A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A pocket of serenity in hectic Buenos Aires, complete with a peaceful courtyard and massive library.