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

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

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

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

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

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

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

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

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

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.

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

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

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

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

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

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

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

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

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