The imposing piece of artwork is a celebration of Pan-American fraternity.

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

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

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

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

This "Little Finland" started as a Finnish utopian society in Eastern Brazil.

Moss-covered sculptures fill this small Brazilian gorge.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Death road of Bolivia.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

A pocket of Buenos Aires with an unusually high concentration of psychotherapists.

One family's mission to exemplify sustainability took on a whole new life as a surprisingly beautiful home.

This Argentinian hedge maze is an intricate tribute to a famous surrealist author.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.