An outdoor gallery of sculptures chiseled from a unique stone that deemed Arequipa's old town a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This iron building in the Amazon allegedly shares an architect with the Eiffel Tower.

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Haunted by its violent past, this colonial bastion was the largest Spanish military installation in the Americas.

An extraterrestrial-themed art exhibit makes the perfect place to crash-land while interacting with Andean culture and history.

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

A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.

In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.

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

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

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

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

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

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

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

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.

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

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