A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

Known as one of the most famous parks in Honduras.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

This group of small islands on Lake Nicaragua formed after an eruption of the Mombacho volcano.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

A flower grows on this giant stone that is said be able to control minds.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.