A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

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

Likely Mexico City's most eclectic shopping mall, with its own version of the Walk of Fame.

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

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

Founded by a Basque immigrant, Mexico City's oldest bakery has a history dating back to 1870.

An inland seafood emporium makes more sense than you'd think.

Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.

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

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

Resembling a 15th century medieval fortress, this home once belonged to a legend of Mexican cinema.

Mexico's National Sound Library houses music, recordings, and voices from the nation's rich past.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

The now-public home of a renowned art collector is full of unique pieces from viceregal and 19th-century Mexico.

This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

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

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.