A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

One man's quest to collect artifacts from every aspect of human life has resulted in this eclectic Argentinian museum.

An intriguing antique iron Ferris wheel that most locals are sure was designed by Gustave Eiffel.

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

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

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

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

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

This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.

The wreck of a World War II cargo ship has become an unintentional time capsule at the bottom of the Red Sea.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

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 oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

This mountainside open-air museum was built from the ashes left behind by a devastating fire.