Places rbalevine Wants to Go

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

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

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.

Death road of Bolivia.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

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

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

Of the many Jesuit missions in South America, this complex is one of the best preserved.

These spectacular ruins were built by Spanish padres in the 17th century.

An international border crossing near the famous Iguazú Falls where bargain hunters and curious tourists stream between Brazil and Paraguay.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

This shrine is an ode to the region's rich Hispanic heritage.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

The limestone composition of this spectacular arch makes it unique to the region.

Narrow slot canyons in a badland eroded into soft sedimentary rock provide an otherworldly landscape in this remote Nevada state park.