A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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