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

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

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

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

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

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

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

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

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

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.

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

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

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

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.