Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.

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

The displays in this off-the-beaten-path museum highlight the holistic, indigenous methods of healing.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

The spectacular subterranean collection includes dazzling minerals, including a piece of "kryptonite."

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.

In the Valley of Morelos lies a mysterious Olmec site with signs of jaguar veneration.

Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

An archaeological museum at the Aztec pyramid displays signs of the New Fire ritual performed every 52 years.

Legend has it thieves once stashed their treasures in this crater in the Mexican desert.

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

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

Things roll uphill on this Mexican street that seems to defy gravity.

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