The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

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

These unusual paintings give thanks to the saints and deities who granted people favors and miracles.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

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

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

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 quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

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

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.