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An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

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

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

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

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

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

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

A crazy maze of a hostel, where every trap door and secret entrance brings you to a new wacky, wonderful room.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.