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

The former Mexican president kept the bullets that killed his predecessor on display in his home, now a museum.

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

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

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

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

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

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

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

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

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

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

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

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

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

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