Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

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

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

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

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

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Among fossils of creatures long since cast into oblivion, a once-single frog perseveres for his species.

This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

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

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

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

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

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

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.