The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

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

A massive yet whimsical statue pays homage to the art and joy of "flight."

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

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

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

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

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

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

Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.

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

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

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

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

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

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