Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.