A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.

Founded by a Basque immigrant, Mexico City's oldest bakery has a history dating back to 1870.

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

A series of modernist, abstract sculptures form a route created as part of the 1968 Olympics' Cultural Olympiad.

An ode to a chess-loving diplomat.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

This tiny garden was built specifically to provide a place of peace and serenity away from the busy city streets.

In 2008, this Mexico City metro station was the site of an hours-long fight between emo, punk, and goth groups.

Mexico City's residents are being watched by this state surveillance headquarters, designed by architects with a flair for intimidation.

This Mexico City subway station will make you feel like you've been transported to the London Underground.

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

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

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

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

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

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

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.