This historic fort overlooks Montevideo and appears on Uruguay’s coat of arms.

This beautiful example of neoclassical architecture is one of Uruguay's most treasured cultural gems.

An epic sculpture depicting a wagon and straining oxen.

This small island off the coast of Uruguay hosts the largest colony of sea lions and fur seals in the southern hemisphere.

A replica of a famous Greek statue adorns the front of the unusual home of architect and alchemist Humberto Pittamiglio.

This wonderful rock formation constitutes the first geopark in Uruguay.

Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.

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

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

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

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

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

Ruins of the laboratory where a mysterious doctor invented an embalming fluid and stored his mummies.

Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.

The Canaima airstrip in Venezuela keeps an antique DC 3 plane in its camp.

One of the most iconic sculptures in Caracas looks like a large orange ball suspended in the air.

The world's tallest slum.

This unique depiction of the Virgin Mary may be the tallest kinetic art sculpture in the world.

This iconic pavilion in Barquisimeto has a roof made from 16 “petals” that open and close depending on the weather.

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.