World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.

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 desert that evokes the surreal.

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

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

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

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

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

Death road of Bolivia.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.

The world's tallest slum.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.