The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

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

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

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

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.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.