This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

The other side is actually green.

A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The stoutest tree in the world.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

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

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

Since the 1700s, this old barrel has acted as a post box that relies on the kindness of travelers.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

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

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.