This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

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

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

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

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

This isolated Maya cemetery in Chiapas is distinguished by its towering, colorful wooden crosses.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.

The former house of an anthropologist couple displays Lacandón Maya artifacts in a homey atmosphere.

The displays in this off-the-beaten-path museum highlight the holistic, indigenous methods of healing.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.

This colorful, geometric church beautifully embodies the Tapatía school of architecture.

The population of Southeast Asian primates was introduced to Mexico in the 1970s.

The graveyard displays the colonial Mexican and Caribbean architectural fusion that defines this city.

An eclectic blend of esoteric imagery covers its interior.

Local lore claims this rocky cape hides a lost Aztec treasure.

This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.

Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.