A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

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

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

Peru's (not so) mysterious carved stones.

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

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

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

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

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

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

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

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

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.

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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