Mexico and The Death

21 Places

Aguascalientes, Mexico

National Museum of Death

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

Added by eolmosc

Mexico City, Mexico

Santuario Nacional del Angel de la Santa Muerte

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Mexico City, Mexico

The Mummies at Museo de El Carmen

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

CadaverFormosus

Added by CadaverFormosus

Guanajuato, Mexico

Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato

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

Jardines del Humaya Cemetery

In a Mexican cemetery crypts resemeble miniature cathedrals and tombs made with marble and gold, emphasize luxury and eccentricity.

EdgarMedina

Added by EdgarMedina

Santa Ana Chapitiro, Mexico

Temple of Santa Muerte

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

Added by JoseMichoacan

Tzompantli at San Nicolas Cemetery

Fifty Mexican artists pay tribute to the ancient Mesoamerican practice of showing decapitated heads to honor the gods.

EdgarMedina

Added by EdgarMedina

Pomuch Cemetery

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

Catacombs at Templo Expiatorio

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

EdgarMedina

Added by EdgarMedina

Chihuahua, Mexico

La Pascualita

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

KirstenCunningham

Added by KirstenCunningham

Villahermosa, Mexico

Mayan 2012 Prophecy Carvings

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

Mark Casey

Added by Mark Casey

Manzanillo, Mexico

Museo de Perversidad (Museum of Perversity)

Shocking dioramas of human torture, meant to promote human rights awareness.

Added by pklap77

Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

EdgarMedina

Added by EdgarMedina

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

La Equis (The X)

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

Added by zackofalltrades

Guanajuato, Mexico

House of Laments

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

kaila

La Gloria, Mexico

Little Boy Zero

Statue of Edgar Hernandez, the first victim of swine flu.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

El Salto, Mexico

The Deadly Rio Lerma

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Chicxulub, Mexico

Chicxulub Crater

The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.

Trevor

Added by Trevor

Pet Cemetery Cenote

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Added by aprilfleming

Mexico City, Mexico

Mercado de Sonora

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

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

serflac

Added by serflac