Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

One of the most historic cemeteries in Quito is an eclectic mix of architectural styles and famous tombs.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

This bright yellow bridge is a true engineering feat.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

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

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

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

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

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

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

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

Locals visit this abandoned train tunnel where a man took his own life to ask favors of his spirit.

A charmingly unusual prefabricated metal church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

An intriguing antique iron Ferris wheel that most locals are sure was designed by Gustave Eiffel.

The fighters and conspirators that won independence for Paraguay held secret meetings at this historic house.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

After a terrible drought, townspeople used wine to build this church.

This attraction is devoted to the wonders of steam power and features a replica of one of its most public disasters.

Its collection details the experiences of the largest Japanese community outside Japan.

This small Brazilian museum honors the work of a German biologist who studied the jungles for decades.