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Hacienda del Jaral de Berrios.

San Felipe, Mexico

Hacienda del Jaral de Berrios

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

"Súper Bomba"

San Juan de la Vega, Mexico

Festival of the Exploding Hammers

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

The pillar.

Villahermosa, Mexico

Mayan 2012 Prophecy Carvings

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

Cabeza de Juárez

Mexico City, Mexico

Cabeza de Juárez

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

Mapimí Silent Zone

Ceballos, Mexico

Mapimí Silent Zone

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

Baja Studios, Rosarito, Baja California

Playas de Rosarito Municipality, Mexico

Baja Film Studios

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

Hotel Quinta Real

Zacatecas, Mexico

Hotel Quinta Real

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

Alley of the Kiss

Guanajuato, Mexico

Alley of the Kiss

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

La Lobera

San Antonio, Mexico

La Lobera

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

House of Laments

Guanajuato, Mexico

House of Laments

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

Cuexcomate

Puebla, Mexico

Cuexcomate

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

The brine pool's "shore" and surface ripples beneath the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexico

Undersea Brine Lake

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.

Gnarly trees line the walk up to Xochicalco

Xochicalco, Mexico

Xochicalco Pyramids

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

La Rotonda del Mar

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

La Rotonda del Mar

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

El Arco

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

The Arch of Cabo San Lucas

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

Toniná

Mexico

Toniná

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

Inside the church in 2006

Angahuan, Mexico

Viejo San Juan Parangaricutiro

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

A view of the Chicxulub impact site from space.

Chicxulub, Mexico

Chicxulub Crater

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

View from the top of the Great Pyramid (Structure II) – 2 unexcavated pyramids seen in the distance

Mexico

Calakmul

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

Chapultepec Castle

Mexico City, Mexico

Chapultepec Castle

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Guachimontones

Teuchitlán, Mexico

Guachimontones

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

Sac Aktun Cenote aka Pet Cemetary Cenote

Tulum, Mexico

Pet Cemetery Cenote

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

A wider view of the chapel

Puebla, Mexico

Rosary Chapel

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

Ballcourt - no Mayan site is complete without one

Champa, Mexico

Yaxchilan

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

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