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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

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

The scene of a legendary hunt is displayed on this building's facade.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

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

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

A close look at the church's walls reveals pieces of Mexico's history.

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

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

A tribute to the 20th-century ball that cast a spotlight on Mexico’s LGBTQ community.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

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

A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.

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