This truck is celebrated as part of the "miracle" that connected this town to the rest of Mexico.

When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.

A hidden room within the church displays an amazing collection of old choir books.

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.

This historic Mexican convent is home to a tree that grows crucifix-like thorns.

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

Visit this small Mexican church to pray to a mushroom that is supposedly marked with the image of Christ.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

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

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

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

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

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."