This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

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

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This statue pays homage to a group of kids's childhood companion who once called the park home.

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

A park with one large cat sculpture and 15 smaller ones, all painted by different Colombian artists.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

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

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

This unusual monument shows a naked Simón Bolívar stripped of clothing, medals, and swords.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

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

The (usually) serene burial place of the world's most notorious drug lord.

This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.