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

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

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

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

Enormous array of antennae fill a desert valley.

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

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

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

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

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

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

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.