A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

This small island off the coast of Uruguay hosts the largest colony of sea lions and fur seals in the southern hemisphere.

Where sweethearts leave their love locks in the Uruguayan capital.

The design of the Palacio Salvo has been described as "a lighthouse on top of a building."

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

Constructed on the ruins of a convent, this tower saved countless lives.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

A 63-foot-tall swinging ball hypnotizes passersby, and proves to any remaining doubters that the Earth is spinning.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

This bright yellow bridge is a true engineering feat.

This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.

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

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

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

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

Death road of Bolivia.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.