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

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

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

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

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

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.

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 set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

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

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

These sailing ship-shaped chandeliers are believed to have been a gift inspired by faith.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.

These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

Walk into an underground archeological dig, the site of the Roman Forum that was once the center of Valencia.