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

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

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

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

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

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

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

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

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

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

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

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

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

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

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.

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

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

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