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

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.

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

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

This small bridge serves as a symbol of South America's independence.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.

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

Towering high above the neighborhood of La Candelaria, the church is easily recognizable by its distinctive red-and-white striped facade.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

This narrow street is packed with street vendors and bars selling chicha.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

Every Sunday, Bogotá turns 75 miles of its city streets into a bicycle superhighway.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.