South America

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

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

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

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

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

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

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

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

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

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

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

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.