A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

Beneath the most controversial monument in Mexico City is a cultural center that exhibits only digital art.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

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

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

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

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

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

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

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

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

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.