This iconic lounge is home to the longest running drag show in Philadelphia, iconic jazz trios, and is the birthplace to the infamous "Citywide."

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

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

This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

With more than 30 ingredients, chef Cecilia Florian’s stupendously complex, harmonious moles are a masterclass in layering flavors.

A stunning, storied set of waterfalls you can walk to from the city’s main train station in less than 15 minutes

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

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

The ruins of the "place of the cloud snake" sit in the middle of an urban environment.

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

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

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

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

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

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

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

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

A displaced shrine that was put back after a string of bad luck.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

This flagpole ranks among the world’s tallest and can be seen from three countries.