These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This island in Venezuela is known for its significance in early Spanish colonization and pearl trade.

The world's tallest slum.

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

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

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.

A giant, bloody battle rages throughout the Bolivian Andes each year.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.