A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

Home of the "true" equator.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

70,000 empty bottles of Coke comprise an ad seen only from the air.