These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.

This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

A giant, bloody battle rages throughout the Bolivian Andes each year.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

Where sweethearts leave their love locks in the Uruguayan capital.

The Sun, Moon, and stars peacefully coexist with animals, humans, and their tools at this surprising sculpture park.

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Are they the remains of a fallen hotel, or the final stronghold for escaped Nazis?