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educatorclaire

Museum educator, pinball enthusiast, and lover of sea creatures. I've made a career out of teaching children the history of murdering both whales and people.

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Palenque, Mexico

Palenque

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

Monica Petrus

Added by Monica Petrus

Aguascalientes, Mexico

National Museum of Death

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

Added by eolmosc

Huehuetlán, Mexico

Sótano de las Golondrinas (Cave of Swallows)

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

Mexico City, Mexico

Santuario Nacional del Angel de la Santa Muerte

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Naucalpan, Mexico

Nautilus House

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

San Andrés Cholula, Mexico

The Great Pyramid of Cholula

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

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Mexico City, Mexico

Soumaya Museum

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

atimian

Added by atimian

Tepoztlán, Mexico

El Tepozteco

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

Added by ZacharySenn

Chichen Itza, Mexico

El Caracol

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Mexico City, Mexico

La Casa Azul

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

serflac

Added by serflac

Chichen Itza, Mexico

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

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

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Xilitla, Mexico

Las Pozas

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

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

serflac

Added by serflac

Naucalpan, Mexico

El Nido de Quetzalcóatl

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

KirstenCunningham

Added by KirstenCunningham

Mariscal Cáceres Province, Peru

Gran Pajaten

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Celendín, Peru

Giant Sombrero of Celendin

In a town known for its large hats, this one is the biggest.

Ross Burns

Added by Ross Burns

The Paredones

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

thiswillbefunnysomeday

Added by thiswillbefunnysomeday

Toro Muerto

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

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Cumbe Mayo and Los Frailones

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

serflac

Added by serflac

Chucuito Province, Peru

Chucuito Temple of Fertility

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

serflac

Added by serflac

Tambopata, Peru

Tres Chimbadas Lake

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.

Plaza de Toros de Acho

This bullring in Lima is the oldest in the Americas and the second-oldest in the world.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Puerto Maldonado, Peru

Puerto Maldonado Obelisco

This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.

Sillustani

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

Added by JoeDeRose