This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Death road of Bolivia.

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

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

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.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

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

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

Would you dare to dangle from a great height in a wooden basket?

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.