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This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.

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

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

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

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

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

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

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.