These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

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

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

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

Guatemalan womanizer, venerated during Holy Week.

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

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

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

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

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

The unique design was created by the traditional way communal rice paddies were divided among the indigenous people.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

The outside of this exposed Moche pyramid is covered with striking colorful adobe friezes.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?