A mountaintop cultural wonder

A mountaintop cultural wonder

Machu Picchu, Peru (© Dora Dalton/Getty Images)

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Apr. 18, 2024International Day for Monuments and Sites
Apr. 18, 2025International Day for Monuments and Sites
Apr. 18, 2026World Heritage Day

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Feb. 14, 2025Happy Valentines Day!
Rocky Mountain runoff
Feb. 13, 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
A fox in the dunes
Jul. 9, 2024Talampaya National Park, Argentina
Apr. 4, 2026Black grouse males, Estonia
Celebrating our looming lunar neighbour
Oct. 24, 2023Füzér Castle in the Zemplén Mountains, Hungary
All is calm
Sep. 25, 2023Sea Otter Awareness Week
Nov. 14, 2024Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
Canoeing in solitude
Jul. 25, 2024Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA
Stop and smell the Sakura
Mar. 23, 2024World Meteorological Day
Oct. 22, 2023Astoria-Megler Bridge, Oregon
May 5, 2025Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
Jan. 7, 2026Old Rock Day
Oct. 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
Sep. 19, 2025Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, USA-Canada border
Spring is coming
Jan. 20, 2024Macaroni penguins, Drake Passage, Chile
May 9, 2025Canadian Tulip Festival
Nov. 11, 2023Young Peak, British Columbia
Sep. 5, 2023Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
Aug. 11, 2024Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island
Mar. 30, 2026Demoiselle cranes, India
Oct. 17, 2024Kochia, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Out of this world
Wait, mountain—you shall bear my castle!