A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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.

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

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

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

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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

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

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

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

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.

Military artifacts from the Salvadoran Civil War are displayed in this small but notable museum.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.