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A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

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

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

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

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The whimsical legacy of a Canadian artist.