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

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

The spectacular subterranean collection includes dazzling minerals, including a piece of "kryptonite."

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

This Oaxacan town is known for its colorful fantastical creatures hand-carved by local artisans.

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

Huge hole looks down onto an underground beach populated with sea lions.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.