This was once the center of the Birdman cult, and is now a World Heritage Site.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A majestic hotel that also stands as a historic relic.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.