We misplace things all the time: our car keys, the TV remote. But, as it turns out, humanity can lose whole cities. Sometimes, it takes pure, blind luck to find them again. Here’s a look at some of the most spectacular places that the world forgot and then stumbled upon once more by sheer chance.
#1: Machu Picchu (Peru)
In 1911, Hiram Bingham, an explorer, was looking for something entirely different when a local farmer led him up a steep mountain in Peru. What lay obscured by dense, green jungle was a beautiful Inca estate of the 15th century. The Inca people had cherished this mountain retreat as a sacred sanctuary for their rulers.
