The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

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

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

Mexico's first public cable car soars over the congested streets outside Mexico City.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

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

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

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Hang out with thousands of butterflies in one of the world's largest such enclosures.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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