Places mgraynernz Wants to Go

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

A 5,000-year-old city in Peru holds the remains of a stunning set of astronomically-aligned pyramids.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.

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

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

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

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

An outdoor gallery of sculptures chiseled from a unique stone.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

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

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

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

This cultural center showcases what may be the oldest ongoing community in all of North America.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.