Places loremipsum Wants to Go

This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

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

A spectrum of colors awaits visitors to one of Mexico's most gorgeous bodies of water.

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.

This isolated Maya cemetery in Chiapas is distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.

This abandoned convent keeps the tomb of a legendary beheaded princess.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

In Mexico, an abandoned Scottish-looking castle stands as a tribute to love.

The spectacular subterranean collection includes dazzling minerals, including a piece of "kryptonite."

Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.

An inland seafood emporium makes more sense than you'd think.

This Oaxacan restaurant serves native corn and Indigenous recipes.

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.