The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

One of Mexico's least-visited archaeological sites is tucked away inside a theme park.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

The ruins of this former mining boomtown once housed over 3,000 people. Now, the population is two.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Discover a captivating display of memorabilia from the iconic movie 'Gone With the Wind.'

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.