Puebla, Mexico
Museo Casa del Mendrugo
Home to an astounding collection of carved skulls and other artifacts from Puebla's history
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Puebla, Mexico
Home to an astounding collection of carved skulls and other artifacts from Puebla's history
Morelia, Mexico
This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.
Aguilares, El Salvador
A major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador.
Chumkopó, Mexico
A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.
Guatemala
One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."
Tikal, Guatemala
Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.
Bonampak, Mexico
Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.
Mexico
The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.
Mexico
The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.
Miramar, Mexico
The site where the Spanish first landed in Mexico was once a thriving Mesoamerican city.
Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico
Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.
Puebla, Mexico
A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.
Puebla, Mexico
The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.
San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico
This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Mexico City, Mexico
Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.
Tlalnepantla, Mexico
A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.
Huehuetlán, Mexico
The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.
Mexico
A spring water stream jumps through a walkable "bridge" cavern and a narrow canyon.
Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico
Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.
Chalcatzingo, Mexico
In the Valley of Morelos lies a mysterious Olmec site with signs of jaguar veneration.
Xochicalco, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.
Taxco, Mexico
A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.
Taxco, Mexico
This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.