A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

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

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

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

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

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

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

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

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

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

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

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

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

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

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