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A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

One of just five sand-floor Jewish synagogues in the world.

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

In the desert of southern Peru is an intriguing collection of ancient petroglyphs whose origins remain unknown.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

In a town known for its large hats, this one is the biggest.

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

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

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

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

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.