Places revans Wants to Go

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

A gigantic, symbolic artwork covers the side of the building.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

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

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

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

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.