Places ATX Mike Wants to Go

This collection of promotional calendars preserves a staple of mid-century Mexican pop art.

Mexico's National Sound Library houses music, recordings, and voices from the nation's rich past.

Get a privileged view over Mexico City's Historic Center from a terrace right in its heart.

A series of abstract sculptures pop up from an otherworldly volcanic landscape.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.

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

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

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

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

The development of this cliffside waterpark is representative of Mexico's history of co-op tourism developments.

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

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

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

A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.