This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.

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

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.

Three small rooms in the jungle house the most elaborate and intact murals of the Mayan world.

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

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

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

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

Its exhibits are dedicated to educating the public about state terrorism in Mexico.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

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