Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

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

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.

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

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.