An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

In Coyoacán, a pair of coyotes crown a public fountain in reference to the ancient Aztec name of the borough.

This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.

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

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

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

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Abandoned figurines adorn a small plot on the side of a craft market's entrance.

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

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

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

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

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

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.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

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

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.