This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.

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

The retired vessel is South America's first floating museum.

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

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

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

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

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

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

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.

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

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

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

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

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

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.