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A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

This architectural wonder of Mexico City houses several art schools and national research centers.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

This industrial Art Nouveau gem is a historic hotspot for Mexican counterculture.

The underground mall's skylights look like they could be part of a spaceship.

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

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

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

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

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

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.