Places Sputnicktatorship Wants to Go

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

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

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

Death road of Bolivia.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

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

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Where sweethearts leave their love locks in the Uruguayan capital.

The Sun, Moon, and stars peacefully coexist with animals, humans, and their tools at this surprising sculpture park.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

This historic fort overlooks Montevideo and appears on Uruguay’s coat of arms.

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

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

An unlikely neo-Gothic castle in the Paraguayan countryside.

The fighters and conspirators that won independence for Paraguay held secret meetings at this historic house.

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

A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.

An intriguing antique iron Ferris wheel that most locals are sure was designed by Gustave Eiffel.

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

Are they the remains of a fallen hotel, or the final stronghold for escaped Nazis?

A replica of a beloved, delicately-balanced granite boulder.