This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

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

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

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

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.

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

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

This statue pays homage to a group of kids's childhood companion who once called the park home.

The 17th-century hacienda where Simón Bolívar spent his last days before dying from tuberculosis.