This public elevator links the lower city to the upper city of Salvador.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.

Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.

This unique 230-foot waterfall is a natural beauty hidden within the vast wild landscape.

A puppy slum that protects canines from the cruelties of the human slums.

A jungle in the heart of São Paulo reminds visitors of what Brazil looked like untouched by man.

Deep below the dry landscape of Bahia, a cave with intense blue water to float in.

Hub for hallucinogenic Amazon religion.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

This breathtaking national park is one of the best places to see the weird and wonderful giant anteater in the wild.

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

An art museum with an eclectic design and a scandalous past.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.

High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.

Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.