These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

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

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

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.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

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

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

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

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

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

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

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

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

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.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.