At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

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

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

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

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

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

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

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

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.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

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