Now Is Time to Visit Mexico: 4 Places to Go

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For history of the Mayans and Mexico: Yucatán Peninsula

More than 1,000 years ago the Mayan Civilization was booming on what is now known as the Yucután Peninsula in Mexico. While new cities like Mérida have been founded over the ruins, many of the impressive constructions still stand for visitors. The area is even charged with eerie excitement (for those who buy into it): Members of the tourism industry have not missed the chance to promote tourism to the area in 2012, the year the Mayan calendar supposedly predicted the world would end. Whether it is fear, a cultural connection or geeky curiosity to see in-person what you learned about in school that leads you to hop a plane to the Yucatán, the region certainly offers much to take in and learn.