Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

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

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

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

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

These small sculptures pay homage to the lovable star of an iconic Argentine comic strip.

Bible stories are brought to life with gloriously cartoonish kitsch in this South American theme park.

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

Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.

This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

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

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

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

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.