El Pueblito, Mexico
The Pyramid of El Cerrito
The ruins of an ancient pyramid built by the mysterious Chupícuaro civilization.
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San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico
Column of Death
A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.
Pomuch, Mexico
Pomuch Cemetery
Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.
Mexico City, Mexico
Pantheon of San Fernando
The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.
León, Mexico
Catacombs at Templo Expiatorio
A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.
Mexico City, Mexico
Skull Rack of the Great Temple
A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.
Papantla, Mexico
Pirámide de los Nichos (Pyramid of the Niches)
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree)
The stoutest tree in the world.
Chihuahua, Mexico
La Pascualita
This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.
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.
Mexico City, Mexico
Palacio Postal
Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.
Teuchitlán, Mexico
Guachimontones
The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Chichen Itza Chirp
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Tulum, Mexico
Pet Cemetery Cenote
An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.
El Rosario, Mexico
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato
Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."
Palenque, Mexico
Palenque
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
Cenote Ik-Kil
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Mexico City, Mexico
The Mummies at Museo de El Carmen
Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.
Dzitnup, Mexico
Cenote Xkeken
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Rafael Coronel Museum
Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.
Mexico City, Mexico
La Casa Azul
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Permanently Closed
Mexico City, Mexico
La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls)
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Al Madam, United Arab Emirates
Buried Village of Al Madam
An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.
