Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

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 scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

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

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.

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

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

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

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

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

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

This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.