One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Asia is a monument to a disappearing community.

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

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.

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

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

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