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

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

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

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

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

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.

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

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This observatory high on a hilltop in the center of Santiago got its start in 1852.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

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

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

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.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.