A detailed model of Mexico City is the star attraction within this interactive exhibit inside an old theater.

These nearly 500-year-old scenes are largely faded by the ravages of time, yet still maintain their power to horrify.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

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

An eclectic blend of esoteric imagery covers its interior.

A hidden room within the church displays an amazing collection of old choir books.

The mummies of a fake priest and bandit's wife are among the abundant curiosities at this museum.

The building that houses this museum is as historic as its collection.

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

This baroque wonder is filled with a trove of artistic treasures.

One man's personal collection of more than 2,000 creepy-crawlies from around the world.

This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

A mysterious, ancient collection of pre-Hispanic petroglyphs hidden deep in the Mexican desert.

This church turned museum is dedicated to the last Mexica ruler, whose remains were allegedly buried under the altar.

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

At this hillside site that was once home to a Mixtec community, you'll find ruins with a view.

This eerily opulent residential museum is home to a haunting local legend.

Legend has it thieves once stashed their treasures in this crater in the Mexican desert.

These cliff-dwellings might be Mexico's least visited archaeological site.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

One of Mexico's few murals dedicated to an indigenous language.

The walls of a colonial-era fort encircle a small, tropical assortment of plant life.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.