This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

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

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

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

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

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

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

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

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

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

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

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

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

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

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.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.