Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

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

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

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

The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

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

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

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

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

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

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

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

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

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

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.