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

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

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

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

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

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

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

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

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

Get a close look at the gigantic remains of long-extinct mammoths.

This partially reconstructed Aztec pyramid gives a glimpse of what its larger counterparts would have looked like.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

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

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

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

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

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.