Hiram Bingham set out to find the last capital cities of the Incas and ended up stumbling across one of the great wonders of ...

F or thousands of years, a visit to Machu Picchu has been just as much about the journey as the destination. That’s part of ...

July 24 has long been a date marked by remarkable events that have shaped history across the globe.On July 24, 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was ...

It is peak season in <a href=" "target="_blank"> Machu Picchu, and in response to growing demand for tickets to visit the Inca citadel —one of the New Seven Wonders of the World— the <a href=" ...

My Peru adventures started out in Lima, the capital of Peru and the city where my mother was born and raised. I was there for ...

Wupatki National Monument is one of the most fascinating historic places in Arizona. The Puebloan ruins are strikingly ...

The UNESCO World Heritage site, which attracts more than 1.5 million visitors per year, was recently deemed 'no longer worth ...

Route 3-A: Huayna Picchu Mountain (4 to 5 hours; ages 18 & up; high effort): This add-on follows a switchback path straight up that iconic peak in the back of most Machu Picchu photos, for a ...

Machu Picchu is the granddaddy of archeological sites. Set in the Andes Mountains, the site was once an estate for the Inca emperor, as well as a place of worship and education. When the Spanish ...

Machu Picchu, the 600-year-old Incan citadel in modern-day Peru, is notoriously hard to get to. Built on a narrow ridge in the Andes Mountains, this UNESCO world heritage site is still difficult ...