This park feels like a lush little jungle full of wildlife nestled within São Paulo.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

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

This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

A rehabilitation center for some of South America's most unique and endangered animals.

The world's largest ecosystem of its kind is home to South America's only native species of bear.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

The centuries-old trees are draped with Spanish moss to make them look like wizened elders.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

A three-tiered waterfall plummets from a mountain cave with amazing views over the countryside.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A magical world of elves and fairies tucked amongst the trees in Colombia.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the earth's surface.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.