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Museum dedicated to the sacred leaf of the Andes.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

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

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

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

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

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

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

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

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.