Places patricklongmire Wants to Go

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

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

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

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

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

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

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

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

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

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

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

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

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America.