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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

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

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

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.

Where a neoclassical sculptor rests at the heart of the museum devoted to him.

The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.

This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.

Unique massive sculpture on a mound at a public park just outside of Paris.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.