A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

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

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

A scalable map of Colombia with the bonus of a butterfly house.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

Shells collected from over a hundred different countries line the walls, floors and ceilings of this fantasy museum.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.