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

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

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

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

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

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

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

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

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

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

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

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

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

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

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

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

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

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