Places pierro69740 Wants to Go

The tallest building in the Republic of the Congo is a source of pride despite its towering maintenance costs.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

Once the center of the largest missionary operation in South America, this convent now hosts a museum and library.

Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”

A twisted, six-headed palm tree cursed by a witch, said to spell calamity if its seventh head is allowed to grow.

A lookout spot for the Andean condor, at the edges of one of the deepest canyons in the world.

Standing 26 feet high and 13 feet in diameter, is this the world’s smallest volcano?

This walk to the Pacific Ocean is surrounded by modern statues of Mochica Gods.

This outdoor sculpture gallery is a modern-day homage to Andean culture and history.

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.

Haunted by its violent past, this colonial bastion was the largest Spanish military installation in the Americas.

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

The 19th-century vessel floats proudly on Lake Titicaca, but its journey from Britain to the Peruvian altiplano was far from smooth sailing.

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

An extraterrestrial-themed art exhibit makes the perfect place to crash-land while interacting with Andean culture and history.

The retired vessel is South America's first floating museum.

The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

Enormous array of antennae fill a desert valley.

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