Cuzco (also spelled Cusco) is where the Incas once laid the foundations of their empire, and ancient ruins still stand near ... Cuzco is one of Peru's most important destinations.

On the morning of July 24, 1911, an enterprising lecturer-explorer from Yale University set off in a cold drizzle to investigate rumors of ancient Inca ruins in Peru. The explorer chopped his way ...

Machu Picchu, the royal retreat of the Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits atop the Urubamba Valley in Peru. Meaning "Old Mountain ... plazas and stone ruins as mists swirl up from the Urubamba River.