Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.

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

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

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

This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.