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

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

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

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

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

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

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

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

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

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

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

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

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

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

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

Located in the mountains of Nicaragua, one man has spent most of life beautifying a massive cliff by hand.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.