A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.

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

This ornate church designed by a self-taught architect is an eclectic masterpiece in the heart of Central Mexico.

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

Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.

An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

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

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.