The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

You can explore the halls of tombs in the abandoned former capital of the Zapotecs.

The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.

This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.

The graveyard displays the colonial Mexican and Caribbean architectural fusion that defines this city.

One of Mexico’s historic pottery-producing towns is home to a museum showcasing the craft.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

This colorful, geometric church beautifully embodies the Tapatía school of architecture.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.

After a partial collapse in the 1950s, this small church's historic facade lives on.

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

Local lore claims this rocky cape hides a lost Aztec treasure.

A statue of the formerly enslaved person considered "the first liberator of the Americas" stands in the town named after him.

This modernist church's massive sci-fi dome may be one of Latin America's largest.

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

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

The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.

A mysterious, ancient collection of pre-Hispanic petroglyphs hidden deep in the Mexican desert.

An eclectic blend of esoteric imagery covers its interior.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

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