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

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

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.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

Home of the "true" equator.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.