The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.

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

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

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.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

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

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.