San Miguel Ameyalco, Mexico
La Escondida
A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.
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San Miguel Ameyalco, Mexico
A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
The stoutest tree in the world.
Puebla, Mexico
The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."
El Rosario, Mexico
The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Xilitla, Mexico
Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.
Agrilos, Greece
A magical, if a bit tacky, 1960s castle conjures up medieval fairytales and Greek mythology.
Athens, Greece
This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.
Sparta, Greece
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Athens, Greece
A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.
Thira, Greece
A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.
Lesbos Prefecture, Greece
The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Dion, Greece
This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.
Paleopoli, Greece
Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.
Ano Vouves, Greece
The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Mikonos, Greece
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.