Places melodml Wants to Go

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

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

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

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

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

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

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

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

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

Death road of Bolivia.