No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

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

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

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

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

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

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.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

The magic's in the hole!

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.