A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

An unlikely neo-Gothic castle in the Paraguayan countryside.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.

The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

Giant fake rocks that shielded Bond lie in wait for their next action scene.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.