A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

Stroll among dozens of statues depicting pre-Columbian kings, gods, and supernatural beings.

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

Peru's (not so) mysterious carved stones.

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.

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

Enormous array of antennae fill a desert valley.

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.

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

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

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

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

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

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.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.