Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.

A kitschy Italian medieval-style castle incongruously located amidst one of the most historic towns in the Peruvian Amazon.

This set of mysterious petroglyphs in the Peruvian jungle could shed light on centuries-old activities in the region.

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

This remarkably well-preserved Incan city managed to survive the conquistadores.

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

Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

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.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

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

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.