Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

A town half-submerged in volcanic mud has become a pilgrimage site for devotees of one of the tragedy's victims.

Explore the rich history of Colombia's Indigenous peoples.

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

A museum of memories in what was once one of the most violent cities in the world.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

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

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A park of winding trails and archaeological sites, offering a rare connection to Quito’s pre-Hispanic past.