Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The stoutest tree in the world.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

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

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

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

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

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

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

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

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.