Last week I invited readers to share their outdoor stories. With Peru’s Machu Picchu gracing the latest cover of National Geographic, it seemed fitting to start with the Barauskases’ adventure.

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. Machu Picchu is a ...

Researchers have conducted CT scans of their mummified remains, previously found high up on modern-day Peru’s Ampato and Sara ...

SALKANTAY PASS, Peru – Our hiking group had reached the highest point of our trek through the Andes to Machu Picchu. Now our guide was leading us in a Quechua ritual. We took turns placing stones in ...

Peru is a year-round destination, but the best time to visit depends on what you want to see and do. From trekking the Inca ...

View of Machu Picchu, a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, Peru. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty ...

The Inca Trail stretches approximately 43 km and usually takes four days to complete, leading hikers through a variety of terrains, from lush cloud forests to high-altitude mountain passes. The final ...

Our hiking group had reached the highest point of our trek through the Andes to Machu Picchu. Now, our guide was leading us in a Quechua ritual. We took turns placing stones in an “apacheta” pyramid ...

The Incas—a civilization that ruled over vast swathes of South America's Andean region in the 15th and 16th centuries—intentionally built Machu Picchu, and other cites, in a location where tectonic ...

Machu Picchu, the famous 15th-century Inca site in southern Peru, is up to several decades older than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale archaeologist Richard Burger. Burger and ...