A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

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

Explore the history of Mexico's lesser-known ancient alcoholic beverage.

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

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

This once-abandoned mansion is now a dreamy event space.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

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

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

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

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

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.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

Helen Keller once broke ground on this historic center for the study of technologies to benefit the hearing impaired.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.