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Manzanillo, Mexico
Museo de Perversidad (Museum of Perversity)
Shocking dioramas of human torture, meant to promote human rights awareness.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Mexico City, Mexico
La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls)
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
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Naica, Mexico
Giant Crystals of Naica
A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Hermosillo, Mexico
Old Penitentiary of Sonora
The site of Mexico’s last civilian execution is now a museum dedicated to regional history.
Oaxaca, Mexico
‘El Mural Que Debió Ser’ (‘The Mural That Should’ve Been’)
A modern feminist movement has brought to life the mural that machismo once denied to artist María Izquierdo.
Xicotepec de Juárez, Mexico
'Vendedoras de Gorditas' ('Gorditas Saleswomen')
A tribute to a local delicacy and the women who prepare and sell it.
Valladolid, Mexico
Museo de Ropa Étnica de México (Mexican Ethnic Clothing Museum)
This small museum explores Mexican history and culture through clothing.
Monterrey, Mexico
'Espíritu de Luz'
This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.
Campeche, Mexico
Palacio Legislativo de Campeche (Legislative Palace of Campeche)
In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Alux House at San Pedro Hotel
It might look like a doghouse, but this small structure was actually built to house a spirit from Maya mythology.
Acolman, Mexico
Museum of Tepexpan
A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.
Francisco Uh May, Mexico
Sfer Ik Uh May
Hidden in the jungle is a botanical ‘Barbapa dream’ art center in the Yucatan rainforest.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
Zoo Miguel Álvarez del Toro
Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.
Cuatrociénegas, Mexico
Poza Azul
A spectrum of colors awaits visitors to one of Mexico's most gorgeous bodies of water.
Toluca, Mexico
Manuel M. Villada Museum of Natural History
The mummies of a fake priest and bandit's wife are among the abundant curiosities at this museum.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
Zacatecana House Museum
This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.
Mexico City, Mexico
Museum of Perfume
At this bright and vibrant museum in Mexico City, you can make your own custom scent.
Guadalajara, Mexico
Hospicio Cabañas
One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.
Ixmiquilpan, Mexico
Parque EcoAlberto
A park in Mexico offers all the experiences of an illegal border crossing except for one: the border.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
Museo Bichos Querétaro (Querétaro Bugs Museum)
One man's personal collection of more than 2,000 creepy-crawlies from around the world.
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Moctezuma Plaza
The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Mina El Edén Rock and Mineral Museum
The spectacular subterranean collection includes dazzling minerals, including a piece of "kryptonite."
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Castillo Ortega-Douglas
In Mexico, an abandoned Scottish-looking castle stands as a tribute to love.
Mexcaltitán de Uribe, Mexico
Mexicaltitán de Uribe
Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.
