An ode to a chess-loving diplomat.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

This memorial was raised in honor of a group of workers heavily impacted by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

Mexico's second-tallest monument, now half-hidden in a private residential complex.

The entrance to an early 20th-century cultural center features murals that deal with the cultural fusion that characterizes Mexico.

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

A gigantic, symbolic artwork covers the side of the building.

This laboratory has a remarkable concrete roof that measures less than an inch at its thickest point.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This mid-century mural portrays humankind's spiritual and scientific journey.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

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

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

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.