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

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

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

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

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

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

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

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

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

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

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

This immense scene of a cosmic battle between a jaguar and serpent illustrates the Aztec concept of the duality of life.

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

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

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

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

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

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.

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

The ruins of an ancient temple to the Aztec wind god discovered in the middle of a metro station.

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