A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

These Honduran caves earned their magical nickname thanks to reflective bone deposits.

Fenced off in a garden cemetery in Honduras lies the grave of the most notorious American filibuster.

Fish raining from the sky are the cause of a yearly celebration in this small Honduran town.

This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.

This fortress in Honduras was built to resist pirates, but its builders had more to fear from the British.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

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

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.