This one-of-a-kind convent boasts a kaleidoscopic exterior of stars and double-headed eagles.

Warm water springs inside an astounding canyon.

This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.

The former headquarters of a leader in the Mexican Revolution, and the site of an often-reproduced image.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

This mid-century mural portrays humankind's spiritual and scientific journey.

This underground museum highlights the history of Mexico City's subway system.

The English graveyard of Mineral del Monte, a magical little piece of Cornwall in Mexico.

This highly decorated dam is one of Guanajuato's most unexpectedly beautiful public works.

This museum dedicated to cartography is housed in a former 17th-century convent.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

The jewel of the museum is a rare tumulus, a funeral decoration from the 18th century.

This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.

Outside a market, beautiful murals pay tribute to fruit sellers and farmers, as well as a few legendary artists.

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

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.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

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

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

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

This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.