This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

Resembling a 15th century medieval fortress, this home once belonged to a legend of Mexican cinema.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

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

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

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

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

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

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.

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

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

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

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

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

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

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

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

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