An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

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

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

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

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

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

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

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

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

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.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The retired vessel is South America's first floating museum.