Cusco, Peru
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Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
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Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Urubamba, Peru
Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
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.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Lima, Peru
The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.
Lima, Peru
The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Louisville, Kentucky
A life-sized memorial to Harry L. Collins, the official corporate magician of Frito-Lay.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.