The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

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

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

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.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

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

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.