The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

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

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

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

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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