Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

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

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

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

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.