Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

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

A trompe l'oeil mural remembers the original colonial building that once stood here.

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

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

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

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

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

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

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

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

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

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

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

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

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

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

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