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

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

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

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

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

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

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

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