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Inside of a mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves
In the mountains of Nuevo Leon, the northeastern-most Mexican state, and only a 30 km drive from Monterrey, are the Grutas de García.
The caves were discovered in 1843 by Priest Juan Antonio... »
Curious Caves | Edited by Clinton
World's third largest impact crater, and where the fate of the dinosaurs was sealed
Buried beneath thousands of feet of limestone in the Yucatán Peninsula are the remains of an impact so great that it wiped out over half of the Earth’s species. The Chicxulub Crater, named after... »
Geological Oddities, Disaster Areas | Edited by Trevor
The stoutest tree in the world
Located inside a gated churchyard in the picturesque town of Santa Maria del Tule, the Árbol del Tule is the widest tree in the world.
The local Zapotecs like to joke that the Tule shares some... »
Extraordinary Flora | Edited by Josh
A park of dream-like sculptures and architectural follies in the Mexican jungle
The surreal folly gardens at Xilitla were created by Edward James, an eccentric British millionaire and patron of the arts. Set into 80 acres of jungle, he and his builders spent 25 years and... »
Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes | Edited by lopezjuan, Annetta and others
Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy"
Known as "natural mummification" it is the process by which corpses are naturally preserved. There are many different environments where natural mummification occurs, the extremely cold, very dry... »
Ossuaries, Mummies, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries | Edited by michelle and re_nakaba
A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle
Four kilometers from San Ignacio, Mexico, in an area also known as the "Trino Vertex" is the Silent Zone or Zona del Silencio. Frequently compared to the Bermuda Triangle -- both are located... »
Geological Oddities | Edited by michelle and commanderkeen
Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions
It probably started small. Maybe a gopher dug a burrow, or perhaps the foot of a donkey broke through the ground. However, over the years, rain and gravity have grown that small hole in the roof... »
Watery Wonders, Geological Oddities | Edited by CPilgrim
The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state
Although the site was discovered as early as the late 19th century, it wasn’t until the 1970s that Toniná was substantially excavated and identified by archeologists. Today, the terraced acropolis... »
Incredible Ruins | Edited by Seth Teicher
