Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Botafumeiro
This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.
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Santiago de Compostela, Spain
This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.
Tozeur, Tunisia
The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.
El Jem, Tunisia
The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.
Michamvi, Tanzania
Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.
Colchani, Bolivia
This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Nor Yungas, Bolivia
Death road of Bolivia.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
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.
Lima, Peru
Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Tallinn, Estonia
Rubbing the buttons along this statue's coat is considered good luck.
Tallinn, Estonia
This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.
Tallinn, Estonia
A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.
Tallinn, Estonia
Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.