The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

After several moves across Mexico City, these two statues found a home in Mestizaje Park.

This stately clock was gifted from China's last imperial government to the people of Mexico.

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

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

The outside of this theater is decorated with a Diego Rivera mural that explores the history of Mexico.

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

A bronze statue of the famed Prussian naturalist commemorates the year he spent in Mexico.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

Legend says the building's unusual features were added at the request of a paranoid president.

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

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

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

This mid-century mural portrays humankind's spiritual and scientific journey.

A gigantic, symbolic artwork covers the side of the building.

This piece of a Renaissance-era Spanish castle remained lost for decades.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

This collection of promotional calendars preserves a staple of mid-century Mexican pop art.

History is on display in this hall, which has served as the seat of city government for centuries.

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

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