A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

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

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

A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.

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

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

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

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

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.