A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

This majestic building, where Brazil's coffee brokers once bought and sold beans, now houses a coffee museum.

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

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

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

The largest open-air contemporary art center in Latin America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.

Queen of the waterlilies, so big and strong it can support the weight of a human.

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

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

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

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

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

A record-breaking pool that uses computers to turn ocean water into cleaner, private swimming water.

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

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

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

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.