Places semken Wants to Go

A fantastic example of Victorian railway engineering with two unusual decorative features.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

Stroll among dozens of statues depicting pre-Columbian kings, gods, and supernatural beings.

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

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

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.

Peru's (not so) mysterious carved stones.

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

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.

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

Enormous array of antennae fill a desert valley.

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

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

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

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

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.