A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

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

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

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

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

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

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

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

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

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

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

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

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