The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

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

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

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

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

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hidden for more than a century, the grave of the Conquistador remains forgotten behind these church walls.

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

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

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

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

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

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