These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

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

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

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

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

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

These headstones and a few stone foundations are all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.