An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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

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

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

Ecuador’s historic seat of government has been quietly looted in recent decades, and no one knows how or by whom.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

This overlooked, beautiful convent hides an original Hieronymus Bosch among its many treasures.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

This huge green space packed with activities will make you forget you're in the middle of the Ecuadorian capital.

This 12-inch-tall wooden sculpture of a winged Virgin Mary has inspired much devotion and countless replicas.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.