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

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

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

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

This strange sculpture of a menacing skull surrounded by sun rays was discovered at the foot of the Pyramid of the Sun.

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

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

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

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

A "time traveler's" vision of human history stretches throughout Mexico City's Copilco metro station.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

This incredible college library is a visual masterpiece of mosaic art. It also looks kind of like a giant boombox.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

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

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

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

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

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

These subterranean models show Mexico City's central square during three different eras.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.