A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This neoclassic cathedral also houses what is believed to be the oldest clock in the Americas.

A century-old bathhouse that provides the luxury of warm water to rural Guatemalans.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

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

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

This 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture of a winged Virgin Mary has inspired much devotion and countless replicas.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.