These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

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

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

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

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

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

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

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

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

The F1 Mexican Grand Prix circuit goes right through the middle of this old baseball stadium.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

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

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