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.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Death road of Bolivia.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

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

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A macabre sculpture museum in the capital of Haiti fuses human bones with broken metal to create challenging contemporary art.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.