Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

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.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

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

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.