Places breaingram Wants to Go

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 book shares a surprising connection with El Salvador.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

This hilltop fort is a dark holdover from one of Latin America's bloodiest dictatorships.

This group of small islands on Lake Nicaragua formed after an eruption of the Mombacho volcano.

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

The walls of a colonial-era fort encircle a small, tropical assortment of plant life.

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

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

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

The displays in this off-the-beaten-path museum highlight the holistic, indigenous methods of healing.

This isolated Maya cemetery in Chiapas is distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

A little-known hall almost completely covered in art by the beloved local painter.

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

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

This dome-topped chapel houses the most-venerated religious figure in Yanhuitlán.