A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

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.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

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

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

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

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

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

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

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.