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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

One of the world's most complete mineralogical collections.

South America's oldest surviving locomotive.

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

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

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.

This towering church is home to a world-famous organ and a treasure trove of medieval art.

A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”

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

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.