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

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

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

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

The eccentric home of Estevão Silva da Conceição, known as the "Brazilian Gaudí."

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

The first model village in Brazil, built in 1917 to house workers at the jute sack factory.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.