Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

The forgotten tomb of the Peruvian rubber baron who was the inspiration for Werner Herzog's epic film "Fitzcarraldo."

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

In a town known for its large hats, this one is the biggest.

Stroll among dozens of statues depicting pre-Columbian kings, gods, and supernatural beings.

The retired vessel is South America's first floating museum.

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

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

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.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

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

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

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

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

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.