Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

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

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

A Victorian cemetery hidden along a trucking route is all that remains of a 19th century village.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.

A long-abandoned provincial prison left to crumble in the frigid air of Ontario.

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.