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This colorful, ornately-decorated cemetery sits next to a quiet cove known as "the beach of the dead."

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

Warm water springs inside an astounding canyon.

The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.

On a picturesque lake island, a massive, “broken” crucifixion has become a popular pilgrimage destination.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

The population of Southeast Asian primates was introduced to Mexico in the 1970s.

Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.

This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.

Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.

At this hillside site that was once home to a Mixtec community, you'll find ruins with a view.

This grand yet little-visited tomb seems almost carved into the hill it sits on.

The former house of an anthropologist couple displays Lacandón Maya artifacts in a homey atmosphere.

The former Mexican president kept the bullets that killed his predecessor on display in his home, now a museum.

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.

The walls of a colonial-era fort encircle a small, tropical assortment of plant life.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

The spectacular subterranean collection includes dazzling minerals, including a piece of "kryptonite."