Places Guthbrand Wants to Go

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

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

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

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

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

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.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

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

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

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

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

An underground network of massive stone arches and their skylit vaults support ruins of portico structures above.

Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

A gorgeous, Gaudí-esque stairway constructed in the city of Istanbul by a prominent Jewish family.