Places petiterenard Wants to Go

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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

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

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

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

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

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

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

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.

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

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.