Nazca, Peru
Maria Reiche Museum
A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.
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Nazca, Peru
A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.
Puno, Peru
These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.
Chivay, Peru
Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.
Puno, Peru
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
Nazca, Peru
This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Pisco, Peru
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Aguas Calientes, Peru
A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.
Paucartambo, Peru
Ain't no party like a ghost town party.
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Urubamba, Peru
These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Peru
White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
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.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
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.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
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.
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.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.