In 1985, the salt Lake Epecuén broke the banks and never stopped, completely swallowing the tourist town of Villa de Epecuén. Although not completely destroyed, the great flood left behind only a... »

Watery Wonders, Ghost Towns | Edited by serflac and atimian

Breaking up the flat agricultural areas of Argentina's Pampas is a guitar formed entirely out of trees. Stretching for 2/3 of a mile, the multi-colored instrument was created by one Argentine... »

Extraordinary Flora, Outsider Art | Edited by serflac, atimian and others

With each incarnation since its inception in 1919 - first as a performing arts theater, then as a cinema, and now a bookstore - the Grand Splendid has proven itself befitting of its majestic... »

Architectural Oddities | Edited by morinaga and Nicholas Jackson

Aside from the small interpretive center with the pet llama and the bottled water that it is famous around the country for, Villavicencio in Argentina has little more to offer visitors than the... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Cultures and Civilizations , Commercial Curiosities | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and Josh

A nearly 200-year-old mansion that leads to a series of underground tunnels that date back to the Buenos Aires's earliest settlements, El Zanjón de Granados is now a museum that offers one-hour... »

Museums and Collections, Architectural Oddities, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by Nicholas Jackson and wythe

With dreams of reforming and perfecting the universe, Argentine artist Xul Solar invented two languages, a spiritual form of chess, a modified piano, and painted works based on his own blend of... »

Museums and Collections, Outsider Art | Edited by allison and Dylan

At Laguna del Diamante, there are plenty of reasons why life should not exist. To start with, the lagoon rests amongst sulphur-spewing vents within one of the world's largest volcanic... »

Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities, Fascinating Fauna | Edited by Trevor, Annetta and others

The town of Gaiman, Argentina customarily appears in tour guides as a living example of Welsh colonization of the Chubut river valley in the late 19th century. Replete with tea houses,... »

Outsider Art, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan

South of the Argentine capital city of Buenos Aires lies Quilmes, a coastal town known best as the home of Argentina's national beer, Rubén "Tito" Ingenieri, works away, a self-described “laborer... »

Eccentric Homes | Edited by A Facebook user, Dylan and others

The Manzana de las Luces, or “Block of the Lights”, housed the activities of the early Jesuit missionaries in the nascent Buenos Aires, and as a complex comprises the church of San Ignacio, a... »

Subterranean Sites | Edited by A Facebook user and Dylan