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This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

A unique walk through hundreds of cactus plants, including some that stretch over 8 feet tall.

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

The Acropolis of this little-visited Mayan archaeological site offers great views of Chiapas’s Lake District.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

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

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.

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

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.