This lonely tower survived the landslide that devastated much of a Mexican mining town.

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

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

A hidden room within the church displays an amazing collection of old choir books.

A spring water stream jumps through a walkable "bridge" cavern and a narrow canyon.

Warm water springs inside an astounding canyon.

Historic poems about the noble act of defecating have been preserved on the wall of this old convent.

The 19th-century hacienda house is filled with Aztec sculptures.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

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

On a picturesque lake island, a massive, “broken” crucifixion has become a popular pilgrimage destination.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

The graveyard displays the colonial Mexican and Caribbean architectural fusion that defines this city.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.

The mummies of a fake priest and bandit's wife are among the abundant curiosities at this museum.

The population of Southeast Asian primates was introduced to Mexico in the 1970s.

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

At this hillside site that was once home to a Mixtec community, you'll find ruins with a view.

This grand yet little-visited tomb seems almost carved into the hill it sits on.

One man's personal collection of more than 2,000 creepy-crawlies from around the world.