Mesoamerica

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.

Palace, temple, and pyramid ruins mark the ancient Mesoamerican capital of Totonacapan.

The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

The archeological ruins of the ancient fortified city of the mysterious Teotenanca civilization.

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

A bed and breakfast, botanical garden, art gallery, academy, and workshop all in one.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

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

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.

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

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.