According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

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.

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

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

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

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.