This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

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

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

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

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

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

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

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

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

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

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

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

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

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

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