Katoomba, Australia
Three Sisters
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
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Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Taree, Australia
Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.
Santiago, Chile
A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.
Valparaiso, Chile
What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.
Chamis, Peru
Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.
Tamarugal, Chile
Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Chucuito Province, Peru
Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Guapán, Ecuador
Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
Home of the "true" equator.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Anton Valley, Panama
Right angles in the forests of Panama.
Viñales, Cuba
Neo-cave art on the macro scale.
Havana, Cuba
This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.