Places LaughingCrow Wants to Go

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

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

A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

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

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

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

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."