A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

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

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

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

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

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

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

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

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

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

It's believed that the dead were once taken out of houses through these now walled-up doors.

Built in 1925, this glass-roofed shopping arcade is known for its modernist Italian architecture.

The eroded core of an ancient volcano is now accessible by a short hike.

An incredible airplane graveyard sits outside this small museum dedicated to preserving aviation history.