An impressive if morbid collection of mummified remains from different eras of the region's history.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

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

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

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

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

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

This long-abandoned village sits across a narrow gorge from a still-inhabited settlement that was once its twin.

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

The English graveyard of Mineral del Monte, a magical little piece of Cornwall in Mexico.

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.

This ornate church designed by a self-taught architect is an eclectic masterpiece in the heart of Central Mexico.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

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

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

A small cell adjacent to this church was once the bedroom for a renowned saint.