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

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

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

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

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.