A house mixing elements of Chinese and Mexican architecture stands as a tribute to the Chinese-Mexican bishop who lived here.

An eerie illusion of a nun is said to haunt this cathedral’s Baroque-style bell tower.

The ruins of a 16th-century Spanish convent tell a forgotten history.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

This rural island is home to the ghost town of what used to be the world’s biggest salt mine.

One of the best examples of Modernist religious architecture in Mexico City.

Inside this gallery is amazing folk art from across Mexico.

Swim alongside softshell turtles in these turquoise waters within the Cuatrociénegas Biosphere Reserve.

Oaxaca's recently restored "forgotten Dominican convent."

A former travertine mine traces the geological history of this unique desert filled with crystalline blue pools.

This flagship of the Mexican Navy has had a bumpy second life after being retired from service.

A cenote filled with Colonial era artifacts whose waters cannot be accessed.

An alluring, arid botanical garden home to a bewildering variety of cacti both endangered and common.

After a partial collapse in the 1950s, this small church's historic facade lives on.

This modernist church's massive sci-fi dome may be one of Latin America's largest.

These gleaming gypsum sand dunes are the second-largest in North America.

What better place to learn about the beautiful game than an actual soccer ball-shaped building?

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

This dome-topped chapel houses the most-venerated religious figure in Yanhuitlán.

In the middle of this historic colonial city resides a modernist government building known as the UFO.

A giant Jesus statue watches over the city of Saltillo from the top of a mountain where it has been commandeered by vandals.

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.

This small church is surrounded by a landscape filled with hidden Zapotec ruins.

A cenote sitting in the middle of a parking lot shows the Yucatán Peninsula at its most urbanized.