Mexico Unexplained

For the past 25 years many alternative theories have emerged surrounding the ancient Toltec capital of Tula

The 11-time president of Mexico had many legends associated with him. Here are 4 strange but true stories.

Nearly inaccessible and shrouded in jungle, the Maya city of Rio Bec has many secrets.

The Cora people, an indigenous group of the Sierra Madre Occidental in western Mexico, have preserved a rich syncretic culture demonstrating remarkable resilience across centuries.

Long debated by scholars, new evidence suggests Teotihuacan may have had a writing system.

The border town of Nuevo Laredo is home to many scary stories. Here are 4.

In modern-day Mexico, the Virgin of Guadalupe is said to be appearing in the most interesting places.

An ill-fated Texan expedition into Mexican territory had international ramifications.

An overview of little-known encounters with flying saucer UFOs in Mexico.

The little-known site of Cacaxtla has some of the most amazing murals in Mesoamerica.

Modern-day "Toltec shamans" promise enlightenment, for a price.

A basic understanding of the treaty that formally ended the Mexican War in 1848

This mysterious lost city set among central Michoacán's avocado groves is little-understood by researchers.

Obsidian has played practical and symbolic roles for thousands of years in ancient Mexico.

The border town of Juárez is full of ghost stories. Here are 6.

In the 1930s a Mexican businessman hid 16 tons of gold in the desert. Where is it?

A student pilot encountered high strangeness on a routine solo flight outside Mexico City

Thrust into power in his mid-20s, the last emperor of the Aztecs tried to resist the Spanish and hold onto his crumbling empire.

Unknown to many Mexicans, Mexico waged a brutal war on the Yaqui people starting in 1925.

In the 1930s an American adventurer allegedly stumbled on an ancient city in a cave supposedly once inhabited by a blond race of giants.