In 1911, local farmers in Peru led American explorer Hiram Bingham to the ruins of Machu Picchu, an Incan city built high in the Andes Mountains, introducing the outside world to this architectural ...

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Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic and fervent bookworm Chris Vognar. Another year of reading has come and gone, leaving mental trails of ...

For my book, Slow Trains Around Spain I travelled ... but for sheer drama and anticipation the Hiram Bingham is my choice. Covering 57 miles (taking 3.5 hours) it rattles from Cusco to Aguas ...

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HIRAM — Deputies arrested a local man on drug trafficking charges Tuesday after executing a search warrant at a Tripptown Road home, according to an Oxford County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.