The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

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

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

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

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

Likely Mexico City's most eclectic shopping mall, with its own version of the Walk of Fame.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.