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

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

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

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

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

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

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

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

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

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

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

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

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

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

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

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

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