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This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

This ancient structure was built by a mysterious civilization that was largely destroyed by a volcanic eruption.

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

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

Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

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

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

This tiny, tucked-away eatery reflects the history of Mexico's Lebanese immigrants.

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

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

A grand entrance to one of the world's smallest Chinatowns.

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

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

Statue of Edgar Hernandez, the first victim of swine flu.