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

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

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

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

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.

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.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

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

In this tiny museum, an unusually-shaped skull that some claim as evidence of extraterrestrials.

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

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.

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

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.