This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

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

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

The former house of an anthropologist couple displays Lacandón Maya artifacts in a homey atmosphere.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

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

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

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

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

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.

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

An impressive century-old, to-scale topographical map of Guatemala.

Experiencing Guatemala's sensory-exploding church is a blunt reminder of European influence.

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

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.