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Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

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

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.