Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

The world's tallest slum.

This former shopping center now acts as the eccentric lair of the Venezuelan secret police and their shadow prison.

Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.