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

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

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

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

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

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

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

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

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.

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

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

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

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

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

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.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.