Places gazellegolden Wants to Go

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

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

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

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

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

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

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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.

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.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

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

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

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

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.