A statue in Balderas subway station honors the rock star who wrote about it in a song.

This memorial was raised in honor of a group of workers heavily impacted by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

The last home designed in its entirety by noted architect Luis Barragán owes its existence to an impressive jacaranda tree.

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

Inside one of Guadalajara's oldest houses, you can find puppets and foam models of the city's missing buildings.

Inside the cloister of the Temple of San Juan Bautista is a ceiling decorated with gold Baroque illustrations.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.

The scene of a legendary hunt is displayed on this building's facade.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.

Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.

This neon installation is a tribute to a Mexica god, who gave his skin to humanity.

A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.

An eerie illusion of a nun is said to haunt this cathedral’s Baroque-style bell tower.

This botanical garden boasts sculptures, industrial ruins, and an endorsement from the Dalai Lama.

Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

A museum built around the site where the most controversial human remains in the country were found.

These millennia-old murals once covered the walls of residential complexes across the ancient city.

Monumental paintings, discovered in a Mexican cathedral in 1957, depict the deaths of some friars in Japan.

Resembling a 15th century medieval fortress, this home once belonged to a legend of Mexican cinema.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.