This plaza at the end of the world teems with monumental tributes to a problematic history, and laser discs.

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

This city park wants you to take your shoes off.

A museum of memories in what was once one of the most violent cities in the world.

Two identical statues by Fernando Botero, one blown to pieces in a terrorist bombing, the other donated as a gift for peace.

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.

Home to 23 voluptuous and instantly lovable sculptures by one of Latin America's most celebrated artists.

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

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

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

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

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

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

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

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

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

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

South America's oldest surviving locomotive.

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

At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.