FILE - This Oct. 1, 2003 file photo shows the Choquequirao ruins in Cusco, Peru. Choquequirao, which means “cradle of gold” in Quechua, is believed to be the last refuge of Incan rulers who fled Cuzco ...

Peru’s Choquequirao, known to many as the sister of Machu Picchu, remains one of the world’s great archaeological secrets. This stone citadel offers not just a glimpse into the Inca Empire, but a ...

Choquequirao is one of the most remote Inca ruins in the Peruvian Andes, but plans for a cable car could bring much change to Machu Picchu’s ‘little sister’ Halfway down the track, Nixon stops. He ...

Note: Part one of four in a series. Choquequirao is a former Inca village and ceremonial area located in the Salkantay Mountain Range. Today it is an Inca ruin site rival in majesty to that of its ...

Dawn had just broken, and the lost city of the Incas lay empty -- not a tourist in sight. From the priests' district, the high point of the ruins, the bright green central plaza stretched along the ...

The former mountaintop refuge of Incan royalty has elegant halls and plazas much like those of the fabled Machu Picchu 30 miles away. Yet only a handful of tourists visit the ruins each day, those ...