Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

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

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The last remaining colonial-era Italian church in Old Goa.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.