Of the many Jesuit missions in South America, this complex is one of the best preserved.

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

These spectacular ruins were built by Spanish padres in the 17th century.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

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

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

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

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

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

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

The house in the middle of the motorway.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."