Places ashleyhiltongriffin Wants to Go

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

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

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

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

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

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.