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

A historic cemetery doubles as a museum containing hundreds of unique tombs sculpted by a single artist.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

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

From Nunavut to Tierra del Fuego, you won't find any lighthouse higher than this one.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

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

Visit this small Mexican church to pray to a mushroom that is supposedly marked with the image of Christ.

Things roll uphill on this Mexican street that seems to defy gravity.

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

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

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

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

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

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

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

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

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

Bright, rebellious indigenous murals dating back to the Spanish Conquest inexplicably cover the walls of this Catholic church.

Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.

An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

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