Peru
Choquequirao, Peru
White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
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Peru
White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Casma District, Peru
A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Nazca, 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.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
French Guiana
An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.
Falkland Islands
A hilltop collection of crosses remembering the hundreds of Argentine troops who fell during the Falklands War.
Falkland Islands
This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.
Falkland Islands
An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.
Falkland Islands
This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Guano, Ecuador
A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.
Ecuador
Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.
Ecuador
This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.
Ambato Canton, Ecuador
Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.
Ecuador
A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.