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

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

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

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

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

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

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

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

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

An incredible collection of Mesoamerican art assembled by one of Mexico's great artists.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

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

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.