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Santo Amaro do Maranhão, Brazil

Lençóis Maranhenses Dunes

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.
Added by AJ
Belém, Brazil

Mercado Ver-o-Peso

This massive waterfront market is located at the "gateway to the Amazon."
Added by exploringwithkatie
Manaus, Brazil

Encontro das Águas (Meeting of Waters)

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.
SamM Added by SamM
Tarumã, Brazil

Museu do Seringal

This museum on the site of a former rubber plantation showcases the harsh conditions to which rubber tappers in the Amazon were subjected.
alecjr Added by alecjr
Manaus, Brazil

Teatro Amazonas in Manaus

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.
stanestane Added by stanestane
Medellín, Colombia

Comuna 13

Outdoor escalators and art have helped change what was once a notoriously dangerous part of Medellín.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Medellín, Colombia

Parque de las Luces

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Portobelo, Panama

Black Christ of Portobelo

A mysterious dark-skinned Christ statue has been this town's religious center for centuries.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Costa Rica

Hacienda Santa Rosa

Costa Rica's best known combat zone, used during the Battle of Santa Rosa.
Added by malouamerling
Potrero Cerrado, Costa Rica

Sanatorio Durán (Durán Sanatorium)

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.
Added by happyhippieellie
Perquín, El Salvador

Museo de la Revolución Salvadoreña (Museum of the Revolution)

Military artifacts from the Salvadoran Civil War are displayed in this small but notable museum.
Added by Rachel Gould
El Salvador

Lago Coatepeque

This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.
Michelle Cassidy Added by Michelle Cassidy
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Convento de la Santa Cruz (Convent of Santa Cruz)

This historic Mexican convent is home to a tree that grows crucifix-like thorns.
Mario Yair TS Added by Mario Yair TS
San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico

Palace Atetelco

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.
Mario Yair TS Added by Mario Yair TS
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico

Palacio de Tepantitla

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.
Mario Yair TS Added by Mario Yair TS
Mexico City, Mexico

Fuente de los Coyotes

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Peja, Kosovo

Patriarchate of Peć

A UNESCO-protected spiritual seat of the Old Serbian Kingdom and Empire.
Lana Velkov Added by Lana Velkov
Skopje, North Macedonia

The Statues of Skopje

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.
Johan SWE Added by Johan SWE
Bursa, Turkey

Irgandi Bazaar Bridge

This Ottoman bridge is a rare covered bridge with shops, and considers itself the only bazaar bridge in the world.
Roseparis Added by Roseparis
Baalbek, Lebanon

Baalbek Trilithon

The largest hewn stone in history.
Damascus, Syria

Umayyad Mosque

Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is one of the world's largest and oldest mosques.
Mac Carey Added by Mac Carey
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt

St. Catherine's Monastery

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
atimian Added by atimian
Luxor, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Badrshein, Egypt

South Pavilion Graffiti

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden