If you've ever wondered at which cycle of the moon you’re supposed to spread manure produced by your guinea pigs, this is the place for you.

Legend says if this neo-Gothic basilica is ever officially completed, the world will come to an end.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

The remains of an ancient settlement in one of the oldest archeological sites in South America.

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

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

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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