Into the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Historian60 km · about 95 min · 18 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Wanchaq, Cusco
Killke Culture at Sacsayhuamán
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Cusco, Cusco
Architecture of the Coricancha
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Cusco, Cusco
Sacsayhuamán's Megalithic Engineering
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Cusco, Cusco
The Waterworks of Tambomachay
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Poroy, Cusco
Incan Agricultural Terracing Systems
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Cachimayo, Cusco
The Sacred Peak of Senqa
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Pucyura, Cusco
The Chinchero Weaving Tradition
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Anta, Cusco
The Battle of Ollantaytambo
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Anta, Cusco
Moray's Experimental Agricultural Laboratory
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Anta, Cusco
The Living Incan Town
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Huarocondo, Cusco
The Qhapaq Ñan Road Network
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Huarocondo, Cusco
Manco Inca's Strategic Retreat
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Huarocondo, Cusco
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
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Ollantaytambo, Cusco
The Ancient Salt Pans of Maras
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Ollantaytambo, Cusco
Toledo's Administrative Transformation
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Ollantaytambo, Cusco
The Pinkuylluna Mountain Storehouses
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Ollantaytambo, Cusco
Managing the Inca Trail
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Ollantaytambo, Cusco
Pumamarka Village Ruins
Where the stories come from
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.