It took 160 years to complete the most ornate church in Ecuador.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.