One of the oldest colonial buildings still standing in South America.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

The final resting place of the liberator of Argentina is guarded around the clock by two soldiers.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

A pocket of serenity in hectic Buenos Aires, complete with a peaceful courtyard and massive library.

A vibrant street away from the typical tourist track, lined with colorful, mosaic-covered houses.

A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

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

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

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

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

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.