Argentina

Show someone a picture from Patagonia—perhaps a snapshot of the imposing Monte San Valentin or precious Perito Moreno Glacier, and chances are they’ll guess it’s a photo from somewhere else: British Columbia, maybe, or the Alps or Himalayas. Fair or not, South America isn’t the first place most of us think of when we picture …

The city’s first European settlers and sailors named Buenos Aires, or “good airs,” chose the name thanks to the strong winds that brought them to the South American continent. As the capital of Argentina, some 14 million people call Buenos Aires home. It’s actually the second most visited city in Latin America (and the first …