Hiking the Inca Trail? Taking the train in to see history? Machu Picchu is one of the new seven wonders of the world for good reason! This UNESCO World Heritage sight is something everyone should ...
Occluded from the unknowing eye by low-lying mountain mists, layers upon layers of Andean peaks, and thousands of miles of steeply ascending trails, the sanctuary of Machu Picchu was only discovered ...
The site covers some 80,000 acres. UNESCO named it a World Heritage Site in 1983. Dave Mason When Hiram Bingham, a young Yale professor, discovered Machu Picchu in 1911, he found a site overrun with ...