The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

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

The largest open-air contemporary art center in Latin America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

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

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Located outside Medellín, this Colombian park focuses on conservation and sustainability.

Colombia's first concrete structure doubles as a replica of Versaille's Petit Trianon Belvedere and a symbol for development.

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

This unofficial museum details the rise and fall of Colombia's most notorious narcotrafficker, Pablo Escobar.

Erected in 1803, it is the first astronomical observatory that was built in the Americas.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

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

The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.