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

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

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

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.

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

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.