Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

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

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

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

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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

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

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

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

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

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

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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