Architectural Oddities in Mexico

This now-abandoned shopping center in Playa del Carmen was built to resemble a medieval European castle.

A small building that loosely resembles a tooth is appropriately used as a dentist office.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.

The history of this futuristic crypt-turned-temple is as curious as its facade.

In Mexico, an abandoned Scottish-looking castle stands as a tribute to love.

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

Still standing despite its considerable slant, this tilted lighthouse has become a local symbol of resilience.

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

This exquisite example of early colonial architecture remains unfinished almost 500 years after construction began.

The grounds of this former dairy hacienda now contain an entire town inspired by Tuscany, Italy.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.