Places deriverative Wants to Go

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

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

Hidden in the highlands of Guatemala, a small shrine venerates a forbidden folk saint.

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

One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

An art gallery that celebrates Indigenous Maya practices and traditions.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.

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

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.

Remote Honduran Islands with a colorful history.

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.

This neoclassic cathedral also houses what is believed to be the oldest clock in the Americas.

An abandoned mining area now part of a gorgeous national park.

Known as one of the most famous parks in Honduras.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.