Places samalot Wants to Go

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.

A mysterious pillar in an ancient burial chamber is said to predict how long you have to live.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.