The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

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

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

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

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

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

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.