25 Beautiful Stories from 10 Wonders of the World

Have you ever stood, enveloped in the cool, morning mists of the Andean foothills, and watched the first rays of sun strike the ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu? Have you ever felt the modern world melt away as you wander amongst the Pyramids of Giza, dwarfed by their audacious size? Or wondered why the people of Easter Island carved gigantic stone heads to stand on the shores of their remote and windswept island? Have ever stopped in your tracks, your world arrested for a moment, as you exp…