The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

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

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

A lake at the bottom of the ocean.

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

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.