Places deaverjessica Wants to Go

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

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.

Thousands of Haitians travel to the waterfalls to ask the Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and her voodoo counterpart Erzulie for healing in a yearly pilgrimage.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

A Mayan village preserved for centuries in volcanic ash.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.