Places kikaolsiakova Wants to Go

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

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

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

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

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

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

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

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

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

An exquisite example of Uyghur Islamic architecture.