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

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

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

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

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.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.

A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.

This statue pays homage to a group of kids's childhood companion who once called the park home.

The 17th-century hacienda where Simón Bolívar spent his last days before dying from tuberculosis.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

The religious shrine that Pablo Escobar's men would allegedly visit before completing a mission.

The (usually) serene burial place of the world's most notorious drug lord.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

A museum of memories in what was once one of the most violent cities in the world.