A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

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

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

The stoutest tree in the world.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

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

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.