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A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

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

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

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

This set of mysterious petroglyphs in the Peruvian jungle could shed light on centuries-old activities in the region.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

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

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

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