This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.

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

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

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

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

Concrete construction materials turned into a fashionable capsule hotel in rural Mexico.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.