This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

This small island off the coast of Uruguay hosts the largest colony of sea lions and fur seals in the southern hemisphere.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

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

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

These egg-shaped buildings constructed by Jesuits house a quaint museum in the Andes.

Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

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

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

The fighters and conspirators that won independence for Paraguay held secret meetings at this historic house.