The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

Trek through the jungle on a boat and a swinging bridge and you'll be rewarded with these refreshing, if pungent, mineral pools.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

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

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

The ruins of an abandoned church mingle with the graves at Oaxaca’s General Cemetery.

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

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

This series of waterfalls tumble into a radiantly blue river.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

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

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

This popular cave pool is truly magical, despite the crowds.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

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

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