The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This iron building in the Amazon allegedly shares an architect with the Eiffel Tower.

A 5,000-year-old city in Peru holds the remains of a stunning set of astronomically-aligned pyramids.

Haunted by its violent past, this colonial bastion was the largest Spanish military installation in the Americas.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

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

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

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

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

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

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

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

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

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

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.