Places thelonesomeroad Wants to Go

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Shocking dioramas of human torture, meant to promote human rights awareness.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

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

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."