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A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

This controversial, abstract sculpture is meant to represent an Aztec warrior.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

A beautiful and controversial modern sculpture that alludes to the Aztec past identity of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the phenomenon of syncretism.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.