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The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

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.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

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

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

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

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

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

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

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

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.

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

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

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

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

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