Maras, Peru
Salt Pans of Maras
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
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Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Cusco, Peru
Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.
Cusco, Peru
Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.
Cusco, Peru
This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.
Cusco, Peru
An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?
Cusco, Peru
A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.
Chivay, Peru
Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.
Arequipa, Peru
An outdoor gallery of sculptures chiseled from a unique stone.
Arequipa, Peru
This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.
Lima, Peru
In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.
Lima, Peru
A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.
Zaña, Peru
After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.
Iquitos, Peru
This iron building in the Amazon allegedly shares an architect with the Eiffel Tower.
Leticia, Colombia
This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.