This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

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

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

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

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

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

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

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

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

Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

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

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

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

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

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

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.