Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

The world's most remote airport.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

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

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

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

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

The imposing piece of artwork is a celebration of Pan-American fraternity.

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

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

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

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

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

The Chilean mountain is freckled with (relatively) small European telescopes.

One of the world's most complete mineralogical collections.

A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.