The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

A neo-Gothic castle in the Argentinian countryside.

This beautiful fountain was sculpted by a female artist who was ahead of her time.

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

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

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 huge, bustling local market in Panama City.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

From a distance, Latin America's first Baha'i Temple looks like an enormous egg perched atop a hill.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

This charming, medieval walled village is Spain's first "book town."

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.