San Juan de la Vega, Mexico
Festival of the Exploding Hammers
There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.
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San Juan de la Vega, Mexico
There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.
San Felipe, Mexico
During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.
Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico
Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.
Mexico City, Mexico
An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.
Tepoztlán, Mexico
Concrete construction materials turned into a fashionable capsule hotel in rural Mexico.
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.
Ixmiquilpan, Mexico
Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.
Mexico City, Mexico
CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.
Aké, Mexico
A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.
Mexico City, Mexico
This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.
San Blas, Mexico
A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.
Zacatecas, Mexico
Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.
Playas de Rosarito Municipality, Mexico
This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.
San Miguel Ameyalco, Mexico
A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.
Villahermosa, Mexico
This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.
Ensenada, Mexico
A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.
Ceballos, Mexico
A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle.
Guanajuato, Mexico
A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.
Pomuch, Mexico
Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.
Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico
Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.
Bacalar, Mexico
At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.
León, Mexico
A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.