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

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

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

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

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

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

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

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.