One of the city's most imposing Neoclassical buildings is also one of its most prestigious schools.

The former home of the famed revolutionary Pancho Villa is now a museum in his honor.

This feature of the city's aqueduct has achieved numismatic fame thanks to its appearance on Mexican banknotes.

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

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The official Presidential Residence of Los Pinos became an emblem of Mexico's opulence and presidential corruption.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

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

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

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

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

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

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

The former headquarters of Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education now houses a muralism museum, including Diego Rivera's first large-scale mural project.

This Aztec structure remained hidden until the demolition of a supermarket exposed the lost temple.

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

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

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

One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.

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

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

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