Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

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

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.

The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.

This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

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

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

A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

The former Mexican president kept the bullets that killed his predecessor on display in his home, now a museum.

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