The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

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

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

California's longest-running tourist attraction is a stump.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.