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

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

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

A jungle cave in Peru of unknown depths, otherworldly sounds, and strange nocturnal birds that navigate by echolocation.

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

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

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

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

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.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

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

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

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

A store that specializes in realistic replicas of pop culture weaponry.

Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.

Despite the name, the waters of this Canadian lake are actually blue-green in color.

Travel this route to explore a canyon crafted by ancient glaciers.