The population of Southeast Asian primates was introduced to Mexico in the 1970s.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

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

At this hillside site that was once home to a Mixtec community, you'll find ruins with a view.

This small museum holds a treasure trove of ceramic figures that are either a hoax or proof of dragons, aliens, and dinosaur riders.

Legends, sculptures, and unique tombs can be seen lurking in these connected cemeteries.

A rocky shelter in the desert hides one of the largest concentrations of cave paintings in Mexico.

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

This archeological site hidden behind Teotihuacán's pyramids shelters 1600-year-old murals.

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

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

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

In the Valley of Morelos lies a mysterious Olmec site with signs of jaguar veneration.

Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.

A gigantic, symbolic artwork covers the side of the building.

You can explore the halls of tombs in the abandoned former capital of the Zapotecs.

The displays in this off-the-beaten-path museum highlight the holistic, indigenous methods of healing.

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

The history of this futuristic crypt-turned-temple is as curious as its facade.

One of Mexico's rare urban natural parks features waterfalls and a working fish farm.

The enigmatic skull gazes out over the ruins of a once-great Mayan city.

Colonial architecture meets urban art in this sprawling open-air gallery.