Places Crawdie Wants to Go

This tiny, tucked-away eatery reflects the history of Mexico's Lebanese immigrants.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

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

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

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

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

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

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

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

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

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

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.

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.