A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.

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

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

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

A US military accident created the legends behind this Mexican version of the Bermuda Triangle.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

Hotel designed around a 16th century Mexican bullring.

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

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

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

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

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

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

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

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

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

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

The stoutest tree in the world.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

Inside this mountain lies several kilometers of breathtaking caves.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

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