Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.

One of Mexico's rare urban natural parks features waterfalls and a working fish farm.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

Concrete construction materials turned into a fashionable capsule hotel in rural Mexico.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

No one knows who built this strange cave of worship or exactly why.