This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

A 5,000-year-old city in Peru holds the remains of a stunning set of astronomically-aligned pyramids.

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.

Haunted by its violent past, this colonial bastion was the largest Spanish military installation in the Americas.

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

Peru's (not so) mysterious carved stones.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

Enormous array of antennae fill a desert valley.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

This set of mysterious petroglyphs in the Peruvian jungle could shed light on centuries-old activities in the region.