Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.

A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.

A charmingly unusual prefabricated metal church designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

The ruins of a pre-Columbian fortress city so secure it held off the Spanish conquistadors for over 20 years.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

You can swim in these highly salty, mesmerizingly blue lakes in the Atacama Desert.

Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

This enchanting rainforest hotel looks as though it grew from the forest itself.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

A vast landscape of craters created by meteorites.

Bible stories are brought to life with gloriously cartoonish kitsch in this South American theme park.

Conifers from the Jurassic Period transformed into stone in Patagonia.

An ancient forest of the Paleocene Age turned to stone.

A small but industrious mining operation that allows visitors to touch precious gems while they are still in the rock.

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

Mineral springs believed to hold therapeutic properties draw in visitors from all over.