Mexico City, Mexico
Serpents of the Great Temple
These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.
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Mexico City, Mexico
These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.
Mexico City, Mexico
A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.
Mexico City, Mexico
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Champa, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.
Puebla, Mexico
The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."
San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico
This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.
Mexico City, Mexico
Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.
New Haven, Vermont
A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.
Athens, Greece
A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.
Paris, France
The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.
Blatce, Czechia
Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.
Beverly, Massachusetts
A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.
Orrville, Alabama
This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.
Wilmington, England
This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
St Mary, Jersey
This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.
Rome, Italy
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Rome, Italy
The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.
Matera, Italy
A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.
Matera, Italy
Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.
Washington, D.C.
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.