Huasca de Ocampo
The Basaltic Prisms, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Mexico's first Pueblo Mágico, famous for the Basaltic Prisms, towering hexagonal rock columns with waterfalls pouring between them. Old haciendas dot the surrounding countryside, and the town keeps a quiet colonial center. It is an easy day trip from Pachuca.