Tula, Mexico
Tula Giants
These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.
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Tula, Mexico
These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.
Mexico City, Mexico
This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.
Mexico City, Mexico
The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.
Mexico City, Mexico
The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.
Mexico City, Mexico
This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.
Papantla, Mexico
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Mexico
A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.
Mexico City, Mexico
This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.
Mexico City, Mexico
A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.
Mexico City, Mexico
These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.
Mexico City, Mexico
A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.
El-Montaza, Egypt
Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Pompeii, Italy
Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.
Brussels, Belgium
This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.
Brussels, Belgium
This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.
Budapest, Hungary
Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.
Budapest, Hungary
The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.
Istanbul, Turkey
Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.
Padua, Italy
Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
Furore, Italy
A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.