Mexcaltitán de Uribe, Mexico
Mexicaltitán de Uribe
Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.
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Mexcaltitán de Uribe, Mexico
Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.
Palenque, Mexico
The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.
Guanajuato, Mexico
This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.
Cuernavaca, Mexico
The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.
Mexico
The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.
Cacahuamilpa, Mexico
One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.
Monte Albán, Mexico
These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.
Villahermosa, Mexico
This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.
Mexico City, Mexico
It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.
Tapijulapa, Mexico
Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.
Valladolid, Mexico
Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.
San Cristobalito, Mexico
This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.
León, Mexico
A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.
Mexico City, Mexico
On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
The stoutest tree in the world.
García, Mexico
Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.
José María Morelos, Mexico
Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.
Papantla, Mexico
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Xilitla, Mexico
Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.
Concá, Mexico
A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.