A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The first hospital in the New World.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

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

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

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

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.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

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.

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

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

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

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

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

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

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

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.