Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.

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

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

Full-scale dinosaurs dominate the forested park in the middle of Chile’s second city.

Dedicated to the first German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, this aging edifice is the only one of its kind in the Americas.

Formerly a brutal Nazi colony, this Chilean village was remade as a (controversial) German-themed tourist trap.

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

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

This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.