Toluca, Mexico
Manuel M. Villada Museum of Natural History
The mummies of a fake priest and bandit's wife are among the abundant curiosities at this museum.
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Toluca, Mexico
The mummies of a fake priest and bandit's wife are among the abundant curiosities at this museum.
Ekbalam, Mexico
These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.
Cuilapam de Guerrero, Mexico
This abandoned convent keeps the tomb of a legendary beheaded princess.
Durango, Mexico
This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.
Mexico City, Mexico
These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.
San Francisco Mazapa, Mexico
This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.
Atotonilco, Mexico
The walls and ceilings of the "Mexican Sistine Chapel" are almost completely covered with mural, sculpture, inscriptions and oil paintings.
Seyé Municipality, Mexico
A field of whimsical floats, where all of your favorite childhood stories have been put out to pasture.
Mexico City, Mexico
Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.
Xodhé, Mexico
Warm water springs inside an astounding canyon.
Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.
Cuernavaca, Mexico
The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.
Campeche, Mexico
Half-hidden by grassy slopes, this striking Spanish colonial fort is now a museum of underwater archaeology.
Zacatecas, Mexico
The spectacular subterranean collection includes dazzling minerals, including a piece of "kryptonite."
Tijuana, Mexico
Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.
Ajijic, Mexico
The corner walls of a primary school showcase a Mexican version of memento mori.
Sayulita, Mexico
This colorful, ornately-decorated cemetery sits next to a quiet cove known as "the beach of the dead."
Ixmiquilpan, Mexico
Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.
Mina, Mexico
A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.
Durango, Mexico
A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.
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A spring water stream jumps through a walkable "bridge" cavern and a narrow canyon.
Malinalco, Mexico
These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.