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Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

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

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

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

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

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.

Halfway up a volcano at the edge of the world’s largest salt flats is a cave with seven mummies.

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

Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.

An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.

This Peruvian bone silo lined with hanging human skeletons and hundreds of skulls is topped with a remarkable Michelangelo replica.

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

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

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 world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.

This likeness of the famous revolutionary is entirely made of recycled scraps of metal.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.