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

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

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

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

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

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

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

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

This set of mysterious petroglyphs in the Peruvian jungle could shed light on centuries-old activities in the region.

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

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

A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

Peru's (not so) mysterious carved stones.

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

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

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

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

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

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

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.

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