Places daisey Wants to Go

A few steps from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre, this museum tells the story of Mexico's 1968 student protests.

Murals made with millions of colorful stones adorn the abandoned building.

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

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

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

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

Inside a busy metro station, an impressive mural depicts the prehispanic city of Tenochtitlán.

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

Located in a veterinary school, this macabre exhibit displays the effects of animal diseases.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.

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.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

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

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

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

Psychedelic murals coat the inside of a nondescript research library.

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

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

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

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

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

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.