Places piffeller Wants to Go

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

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

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

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.

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

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

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

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

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

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

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.

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

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

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

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

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

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