A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.

A pocket of Buenos Aires with an unusually high concentration of psychotherapists.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

The house of a former Argentinian president stands protected within a large glass case.

The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

A vast necropolis where you'll find the elaborate mausoleums of Argentinian tango stars.

Crumbling crypts and overgrown graves rise just out of arm's reach in this forgotten Buenos Aires graveyard.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

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

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

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.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.