Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

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

At this beautifully preserved Pre-Hispanic site, you can see ancient petroglyphs with depictions of llamas and alpacas.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

This museum covers 10,000 years of Pre-Columbian Latin American history.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.