At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

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

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

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

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

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.

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

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

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

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.