The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

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

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

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

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

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

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

Pause in an abandoned hydroelectric station, now overrun with wildlife, to consider a thought-provoking poem.

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

This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

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

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.

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

Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.

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

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

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

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

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