It's not Mexican Independence Day. It's not the day that Mexico kicked out the French. So, what exactly is the holiday called Cinco de Mayo?

For many years diamond-shaped objects have been seen in Mexican skies. What are they?

Although new by Mexican standards Mexicali is home to various ghost stories and tales of terror. Here are 4.

Rising Mexican superstar Chalino Sánchez suffered an untimely death. The case remains unsolved. What really happened?

The Zapotecs, Maya and Aztecs could track and predict eclipses, and had interesting legends about them.

In the Yucatán in 1761 a Maya leader spearheaded a brief but intense uprising against the Spanish.

In October of 1972 an unassuming Mexican laborer was taken aboard a flying saucer.

The wife of a colonial magistrate became a key player in Mexico's War of Independence from Spain.

The Seri people of the Mexican state of Sonora have a rich culture full of legends. Here are 3.

Have you ever heard of the gods Huhueteotl, Centeotl and Nanahuatzin?

The death of one of the greatest Mexican entertainers who ever lived is shrouded in mystery

What was life like in the neighborhoods of ancient Mexico's largest city?

Thousands of documents tell different stories of the Spanish Inquisition in colonial Mexico.

Important but neglected, the city of La Venta dominated the Olmec world for 500 years.

An enslaved woman from India found herself living 10,000 miles away from home in 1600s colonial Mexico.

Over 100 years after his death historians are still wondering what to make of the reign of Porfirio Díaz.

The Mexican state of Chihuahua is home to many legends. Here are 4 (more).

An obscure witch trial on the frontier of New Spain was more political than religious.

Mexico's newest archaeological zone has a strange connection to an early 20th Century American clairvoyant

The story of how a seemingly random occurrence became a pop culture phenomenon.

The Yaqui people of northwestern Mexico have many legends. Here are three (more).

A strange monster is said to be killing livestock in northern Durango. What is it?

This ruined city in the jungles of Campeche has a long and interesting history.

The Mexican state of Tabasco is home to many legends. Here are 4.