On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

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

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

The world's tallest carillon is located at the top of this skyscraper in Mexico City.

The collection of intricate sculptures includes one carved from a mammoth's tusk

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

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

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

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

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

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.