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.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

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.

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

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

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

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.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

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

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

In La Paz's huge, city-sized cemetery, the deceased are stored in rows of apartment-like buildings.

Home of the "true" equator.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.