Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

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

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

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

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

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

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

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

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

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

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

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

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

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

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

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

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

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

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

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

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.