An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

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

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

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

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

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.