Peru

Photo: Masked worshippers

Masked worshippers celebrate the festival of Corpus Christi in Cusco.

Photograph by Ernesto Ghigna, My Shot

This cloud-shrouded Andean country is the oldest nation-state in the Americas. • The ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu draws admirers from around the globe, yet it shouldn't blind visitors to the charms of the nation's forests, deserts, glaciers, and beaches. • So extravagant are this nation's many natural gifts that, 500 years after the conquistadores died carting them off to faraway markets, gold, iron, and zinc remain among Peru's most important exports. • A land whose allure deepens with each further inquiry.

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