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The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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

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

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

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

A Norman-style castle, 1850s Irish cottage, and cultural center in the heart of Phoenix.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

World's largest Christmas store.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This abandoned open-pit copper mine features stunning turquoise mineral pools and excellent rock-hunting opportunities.

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.