Puno, Peru
Taquile Island
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
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Puno, Peru
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
Puno, Peru
These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
As one of the world's largest hydroelectric dams this plant took two countries to get built.
Bonito, Brazil
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Curitiba, Brazil
Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.
Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina
A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
Ichigualasto, Argentina
Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Tamarugal, Chile
Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Aksum, Ethiopia
Massive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in Rome.
Shendi, Sudan
These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.
Peru
An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.