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

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

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

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.

This restored opera house is named after a soprano known for tragic romance, exile, and a truly uncomfortable wedding.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

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

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

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

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

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.