Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

A lookout spot for the Andean condor, at the edges of one of the deepest canyons in the world.

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

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

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

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

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

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

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

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

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

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

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

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

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

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

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

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

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

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

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