Places IrajV Wants to Go

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

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

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.

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

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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 market for witches is hidden within a train station.

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

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

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

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

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 remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Built in 1347, this belfry is one of the oldest in the world and survived intense bombing during World War I.