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

The scene of a legendary hunt is displayed on this building's facade.

A beautiful example of 18th-century engineering still standing tall.

The walls and ceilings of the "Mexican Sistine Chapel" are almost completely covered with mural, sculpture, inscriptions and oil paintings.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

A unique walk through hundreds of cactus plants, including some that stretch over 8 feet tall.

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

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

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

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

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

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

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

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

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

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

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

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.