These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

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

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

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

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

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

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

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

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

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

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

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

The deepest metro station in the world.

When you've got to go, you've got to go.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.