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

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

This striking building appears to defy gravity, a tower balancing atop a much smaller cube.

After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.

A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.

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.

An inland seafood emporium makes more sense than you'd think.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

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

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

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

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

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

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

The extremely grey columns of one of Mexico City's most iconic beltways are slowly gaining a bit of color.

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.

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

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.