Punta Arenas, Chile
Port Famine
The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.
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Punta Arenas, Chile
The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.
Punta Arenas, Chile
The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.
Ushuaia, Argentina
This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.
Ushuaia, Argentina
The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.
Luján de Cuyo, Argentina
A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museum housed in underground tunnels that date back to Buenos Aires's earliest settlements.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
Punta Arenas, Chile
A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.
Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay
Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.
Viña del Mar, Chile
A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.
Castro, Chile
Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.
Valparaiso, Chile
Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.
Valparaiso, Chile
This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.
Valparaiso, Chile
This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.
Valparaiso, Chile
What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
El Chaltén, Argentina
The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.