Places nraeanderson Wants to Go

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

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

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

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

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

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

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

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

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

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

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

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

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

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