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One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

This simple plaque remembers the fearless human rights defender's tragic death.

The diversity of the state of Oaxaca is represented in this fountain.

A red steel coyote towering over one of Mexico City’s largest suburbs.

This glass mural on the wall of a cemetery started a peculiar tradition in Zacatlán.

Dedicated to one of the most iconic cinematographers of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

Mexico City’s smallest church, designed as a miniature cathedral and visited mainly by robbers and prostitutes.

One of the oldest and largest Buddhist structures in the Americas, located in a peaceful forest outside Mexico City.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

A cenote filled with Colonial era artifacts whose waters cannot be accessed.

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.

This atmospheric ruins are truly a sight to behold.

This abandoned convent keeps the tomb of a legendary beheaded princess.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

Mexico City decorates its facades with extravagant floral arrangements every year.

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.