Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Sleep With the Condors at This Peruvian Hotel Hanging Off a Cliff
The cliffside Skylodge hotel dangles 1,300 feet above the ground
Why Do Hundreds of Macaws Gather at These Peruvian Clay Banks?
Brightly colored parrots of the western Amazon basin display a behavior not seen anywhere else
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
An Astronomer’s Paradise, Chile May Be the Best Place on Earth to Enjoy a Starry Sky
Chile’s northern coast offers an ideal star-gazing environment with its lack of precipitation, clear skies and low-to-zero light pollution
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
What Endures From the Ancient Civilizations That Once Ruled the Central Andes?
To journey here is to roam through almost six thousand years of civilization, to one of the places where the human enterprise began
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Why Is This Wild, Pea-Sized Tomato So Important?
Native to northern Peru and southern Ecuador, this tiny and rapidly vanishing tomato boasts outsized influence on world gastronomy
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
How the Inca Empire Engineered a Road Across Some of the World’s Most Extreme Terrain
For a new exhibition, a Smithsonian curator conducted oral histories with contemporary indigenous cultures to recover lost Inca traditions
When the Poster Promoting the Concert Is as Exciting as the Music, You Know You’re Listening to Chicha
The sounds, graphic art and the mestizo lifestyle that goes with the music is the latest revolt of the Peruvian masses
A Look Behind the Peruvian Art of Gourd Carving
With magnificent hand carvings, artisans craft stories of celebration and tragedy into dried gourds—a tradition practiced for more than 4,000 years
A Dozen Indigenous Craftsman From Peru Will Weave Grass into a 60-Foot Suspension Bridge in Washington, D.C.
The ancient technology used lightweight materials to create soaring 150-foot spans that could hold the weight of a marching army
Where to See Thousands of Monarch Butterflies
The species is being reviewed for potential addition to the Endangered Species list. Can tourism help save the butterfly?
Top Historic Sites to Visit in Cuba
Cuba is rich in history-laden spots—and a relaxed travel ban will make it easier for Americans to visit
Stunning Black-and-White Photos of the Nazca Lines
Edward Ranney’s photographs of the famous Nazca Lines show the mysterious geoglyphs from an unusual angle—eye-level
Rescuing Jorge Prelorán’s Films From Storage And Time
The Smithsonian’s Film Archives is reintroducing the world to the influential work of the Argentine-American filmmaker
A New Canal Through Central America Could Have Devastating Consequences
The ramifications of the proposed route have environmentalists worried, and for good reason
An Awe-Inspiring Altar Remembers One Latino Artist’s Guiding Spirit
At the American History Museum, an installation reimagines the life story of a Latina artist and writer
Festivals of the Dead Around the World
In the United States, Halloween is mostly about candy, but elsewhere in the world celebrations honoring the departed have a spiritual meaning
World’s Most Beautiful Cemeteries
A visit to these hauntingly beautiful cemeteries illuminates more than just mortality
This Terrifying Brazilian Island Has the Highest Concentration of Venomous Snakes Anywhere in the World
Brazil’s Ilha de Queimada Grande is the only home of one of the world’s deadliest, and most endangered, snakes
17 Amazing Photographs of Abandoned Places
Top places you should see before they die… or at least disappear
How Do Thousands of Clear Blue Lagoons End Up In These Brazilian Sand Dunes?
Every year during the rainy season, Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park treats visitors to an amazing sight
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