2 Hidden Destinations in North America

Mexico

Destinations

Sima de las Cotorras

Mexico · Chiapas

Every morning and evening, thousands of emerald-green parakeets erupt from or descend into a massive, jungle-filled sinkhole that also hides ancient rock art.

This colossal circular sinkhole, over 140 meters deep and 160 meters wide, forms a unique subterranean ecosystem with a mini-forest at its b...

Sótano de las Golondrinas (Cave of the Swallows)

Mexico · San Luis Potosí

Plunge into the heart of Mexico where an enormous, perfectly circular sinkhole plunges over a thousand feet, serving as a dizzying avian skyscraper for hundreds of thousands of birds.

This majestic open-air pit cave is so vast it could easily hold the Chrysler Building, descending an astounding 1,214 feet. Each dawn and du...