The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

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

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

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

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

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

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

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

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

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

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.

Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.

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

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Discarded animal sculptures stand forgotten by an abandoned aquarium and water park in Bosque de Chapultepec.

Detailed miniature models of iconic landmarks in Mexico and around the world.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

A collection of incredible clay crafts, complete with earthen skeletons and mermaids.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.