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

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

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

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

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

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

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

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

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

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

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

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

The stoutest tree in the world.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

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

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.