This curious sculpture represents the perseverance needed to take to the skies.

This unique abacus hanging in the Technical University of Munich actually tells the time.

A miniature model of what will be the world's largest telescope.

A surprisingly detailed model of the world's most powerful radio telescope.

This abandoned nitrate town was repurposed as a dictator's prison.

A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.

One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.

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

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

This hidden pre-Columbian rock art depicts a whale hunt.

This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.

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

One of the world's most complete mineralogical collections.

A monument of the man who spurred Copiapó's silver mining industry.

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

South America's oldest surviving locomotive.

Giant fake rocks that shielded Bond lie in wait for their next action scene.

The antique vehicle is a preserved relic of Chile's nitrate mining industry.

Instead of using billboards, some people here relay their messages on the side of a mountain.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

The three colorful women depict characters from a beloved children's story.

Wooden cutouts of the fictional family from the popular Swedish comic strip take a stroll along the side of the road.