Places JCarmine13 Wants to Go

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

A former salt mine is now a cool picnic spot for families and asthmatics.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.

The ruins of a 16th-century Spanish convent tell a forgotten history.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.

According to legend, this hacienda was abandoned because of a curse.

Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.

A cenote sitting in the middle of a parking lot shows the Yucatán Peninsula at its most urbanized.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.