This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

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

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.