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Callahuanca, Peru

Marcahuasi Ruins

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.
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Paucartambo, Peru

The Festival of Paucartambo

Ain't no party like a ghost town party.
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Tambopata, Peru

Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Cusco, Peru

Rodadero Slides

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

Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
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Lima, Peru

Brain Museum

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.
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Cusco, Peru

Museo de la Coca (Coca Museum)

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.
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Pasco, Peru

Huayllay Stone Forest

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.
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Peru

Choquequirao, Peru

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."
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Lima, Peru

Pachacamac

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
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Cusco, Peru

Qenqo Temple

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
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Urubamba, Peru

Wiñay Wayna

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

Sarcofagi of Carajía

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Added by pnasrat
Lima, Peru

The Room of 10,000 Ancient Skulls

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.
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Cusco, Peru

Sacsayhuamán

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

Huayna Picchu

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.
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Urubamba, Peru

Moray

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
leiris Added by leiris
Nazca, Peru

Cahuachi

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.
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Ica, Peru

Huacachina

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
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Nazca, Peru

Chauchilla Cemetery

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

Ollantaytambo Ruins

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

Mercado de Brujas

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Added by cinapelayo
Puerto Inca, Peru

The Boiling River of the Amazon

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Lauren J Young Added by Lauren J Young
Pitumarca, Peru

Rainbow Mountain

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson