Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.

Massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

The bookstore with bookshelves built into unlikely places.

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

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

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

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

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

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

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

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.