Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

Home of the "true" equator.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.