Places ggilbert43 Wants to Go

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

The ruins of an ancient pyramid built by the mysterious Chupícuaro civilization.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

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

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

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

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

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

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.