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Each year, I keep a running list of exceptional nonfiction that I encounter as I publish The Best of Journalism, an email newsletter that I curate weekly for its subscribers. This is my annual attempt to bring some of those stories to a wider audience...

Peru beyond Machu Picchu!“It took my breath away. What could this place be? Why had no one given us any idea of it? “ – Hiram Bingham, Lost City of the Incas. These were the words of American archaeologist Hiram who discovered the existence of the...

An Ancient City - Cuzco, Peru Cuzco, Peru Where I stayed Ukukus What I did Ruins Lori: The night bus from Nazca to Cuzco was 15 hours of windy roads climbing in altitude from sea level to 3326 meters. We left Nazca at 9:30 pm, drove through the...

As 2016 winds down, The Points Guy team has got travel on the brain, thinking back at our best airline mileage and hotel points redemptions of the year and looking forward to all the fantastic spots we hope to explore next. With some exciting new adventure...

“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!,” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805 as he viewed what he believed was the Pacific Ocean, as the Corps of Discovery reached the broad estuary of the Columbia River, 20 miles from the coast. Clark’s exhilaration...